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The scale of the mental health crisis is revealed as nurses and ambulance workers prepare to strike this week“Burnout” and stress among doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health staff has cost the NHS in England more than 15m lost working days since…
Doctors, paramedics and nurses explain the stress and anxiety of working in a system that has reached breaking point“Frustration with the system was why I went off in the end,” said Conor Calby, 26, a paramedic and Unison rep in southwest England, who …
Conservatives on course to break flagship NHS pledge as cost of replacing crumbling wards and operating theatres soarsOnly a quarter of the 40 hospital construction projects that were at the heart of Boris Johnson’s 2019 general election manifesto have…
Union appeals to prime minister to compromise to avert massive disruptionThe head of the UK’s biggest nursing union has issued a last ditch appeal to Rishi Sunak to agree a compromise over pay, to prevent the worst strikes in the NHS’s history from cau…
NHS also says Sunday 12 February is last day this age group can attend a site for primary vaccinationsPeople in England aged 49 and younger are being urged to come forward for their free Covid booster if they have not yet received a full set of injecti…
Already overburdened system is struggling with ‘constant disruption’ of walkouts, says NHS ConfederationHospitals will struggle to clear treatment backlogs and improve emergency care unless the NHS pay dispute is settle soon, health service bosses have…
Welsh government offering health staff extra 3% – half one-off, half consolidated – on top of 4.5% increase. This live blog is closedMichelle O’Neill, the Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland and first minister designate, has said she is “encouraged” b…
Cancer Research UK report says NHS risks being overwhelmed by cancer diagnosesMore than 500,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer every year by 2040, according to analysis by Cancer Research UK.In its report published on Friday, researcher…
Exclusive: Radiotherapy prior to operation could be key to reducing likelihood of tumours regrowing quickly, researchers sayThe NHS has begun a world-first clinical trial of a pioneering treatment technique aimed at extending the lives of people with b…
Dr Mathew Beattie and Sarah Rushbrooke had both been working out six-month notice periodsTwo directors have resigned from an ambulance service judged this week to be providing “inadequate” patient care.Dr Mathew Beattie, the medical director of North E…