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Medical tribunal rules ‘very low risk’ of Suhail Anjum, who had been dismissed by hospital in Greater Manchester, repeating behaviourA doctor who left a patient midway through an operation to have sex with a nurse is at “very low risk” of repeating his…
Head of GMC to say ‘something must have gone badly wrong’ when trainee doctors are fearful of speaking upMothers and babies being harmed in the NHS risks becoming normalised because of its toxic cover-up culture, a health leader will say, as it emerged…
Exclusive: Cancer experts declare ‘national emergency’ as hospitals miss targets on diagnosis and starting treatmentThree in four NHS hospital trusts are failing cancer patients, according to the first league tables of their kind, prompting experts to …
Health secretary calls on doctors to embrace Labour’s plan to prevent Nigel Farage getting in to power and dismantling the health serviceUnless doctors stop striking and help Labour fix the damage inflicted by the Tories, the NHS will end up dying unde…
Prescribing of non-addictive drug in England clustered in London and West Midlands, with cheaper alternative issued far more oftenTens of thousands of prescriptions have been issued in England for a promising and non-addictive new sleeping pill, but do…
Researchers say social media myths drive ‘nocebo effect’ of side-effects that are real but psychological in origin Social media misinformation about the contraceptive pill is encouraging women to view it so negatively that many give it up, a study has …
Research finds children as young as nine in England and Wales taken to A&E because of lack of specialist suitesChildren as young as nine detained under the Mental Health Act are spending hours in NHS accident and emergency departments under police …
As House of Lords prepares to debate bill, Hospice UK says sector needs adequate funding for end-of-life careHospices are “on the brink” and two in five are making cuts this year despite the importance of end-of-life care if assisted dying becomes lega…
Warning follows news of US drugmaker Merck’s decision to scrap planned £1bn London research centreSir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceu…
Caesareans drive rise in assisted deliveries as experts warn of complex pregnancies linked to age, obesity and other conditionsMore than half of women having a baby in Britain now do so with the help of medical intervention, an audit of NHS maternity c…