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Zholia Alemi earned £1.3m in wages after forging degree certificate she used to register with the General Medical CouncilA bogus psychiatrist who practised in the NHS for 22 years with a fake degree has been jailed, as a judge criticised medical author…
More than 20,000 people died in 2022 after spending at least 12 hours waiting for care, figures showOne patient is dying every 23 minutes in England after they endured a long delay in an A&E unit, according to analysis of NHS figures by emergency c…
UK falls from fourth to 10th place in phase III trials amid ‘ossified’ bureaucracy and stretched health serviceThe state of clinical trials in the NHS is “much worse than it has been in years” with patients losing access to cutting-edge cancer and deme…
Dispatchers tell investigation it is common to worry: ‘How many people are we going to kill today?’ Ambulance call handlers suffer anxiety about how many people will die before they can get help to them each day, researchers looking into the welfare of…
Exclusive: MPs say research system unfit for purpose as mother of boy who died calls for answers on ‘missing millions’Ministers have spent only £15m in five years on research into tackling brain tumours, the biggest killer of adults and children under …
Little progress made within NHS since devastating 2017 report raised concerns, says health ombudsmanUrgent action is needed to prevent people dying from eating disorders, the parliamentary and health service ombudsman for England has warned, as he said…
Singer said he wanted to pay for scans elsewhere in the UK to help people get treatment more quicklyRod Stewart visited his local NHS hospital on Friday and paid for a day of scans for patients to help reduce waiting lists.The singer-songwriter, 78, sa…
Plan expected to be published next month could propose increasing places from 7,500 to 15,000Britain could double the number of doctors and nurses it trains under NHS plans to tackle a deepening staffing crisis, according to reports.The proposal to inc…
Ipsos poll also shows strong public support for founding principles of universal healthcare based on taxationJust 10% of Britons think ministers have the right policies on the NHS, though public support for the service’s founding principles remains str…
Strikes must be called off for talks to start, says No 10, as ministers given more freedom to talk to unionsMinisters have been given the freedom to talk to unions about pay settlements that could include backdated or one-off payments as ways to end th…