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Exclusive: figure is more than double the comparable fatalities in 2021, in what a union calls a ‘hidden scandal’ of delaysMore than 500 seriously ill patients died last year before they could get treatment in hospital after the ambulance they called f…
Deaths have remained above average post-Covid lockdowns, with A&E and ambulance delays likely to ‘have had substantial impact’The crisis in the NHS is leading to continued higher-than-usual death levels in England and Wales, experts have said.Figur…
Figure is at five-year high and survey also reveals high levels of burnout and concerns over staff shortages and payThe proportion of NHS staff in England who are thinking of leaving reached a five-year high in the health service’s 2022 survey.Amid hig…
Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf take part in debate hosted by Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-MurthyLucy Frazer won’t be happy. (See 10.40am.) Interviewed by reporters leaving home this morning, Gary Lineker said that he had had a conversation with t…
If adopted, shake-up of 1967 Abortion Act would scrap rule that two doctors must approve terminationNurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, MPs have been told, in what would be one of the biggest shake-ups of regulations in more than 5…
London employment tribunal finds Ubah Jama received less favourable treatment than white counterpartsA senior NHS scientist has won a race claim after her colleague recorded her name as “Paininarse” on a work spreadsheet.Ubah Jama, a biochemist of Soma…
In the last five years, 324 health sector staff have received payouts of more than £150,000, according to new figuresNHS trusts and other organisations overseen by the Department of Health and Social Care agreed staff payoffs worth £42m in 2021/22, inc…
Charity urges Jeremy Hunt to spend more on social care, as it warns of ‘tragedies behind closed doors’Thousands of older people have died without getting the care they needed, a charity has said.Age UK said it was “deeply concerned” about the plight of…
GMB, Unison and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy take up offer of talks after government concessionsThree health unions have agreed to call off strike action planned for next week and enter into pay talks with the health secretary, Steve Barclay, aft…
Exclusive: Several NHS organisations have asked unqualified medics to provide support during strikes later this monthUnqualified medical students are being urged to provide clinical support in English hospitals when tens of thousands of junior doctors …