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Family of Robert Baker call for change of healthcare policies that limit NHS access to 10 BOT citizens a yearFriends and family of a British overseas territory (BOT) citizen who died after the UK refused him medical assistance have called for reform of…
Prime minister also announces £10m funding to provide security for Jewish amenities, including synagogues and schoolsUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has ordered a review of antisemitism in the NHS, saying “clear cases” are not being dealt…
Katie Mitchell had procedure at 15 after being diagnosed with Eisenmenger syndrome, a rare congenital diseaseAt the age of 15, medics feared Katie Mitchell was coming to the end of her life after suffering irreversible lung damage and heart failure fro…
Union accuses St George’s, Epsom and St Helier of ‘institutional racism’ as cleaners, caterers and porters get lower pay than colleaguesHundreds of NHS hospital workers have voted for strike action after claims that they have lost more than £36m in pay…
Interim hearing had found Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, who has said Israel was ‘humiliated’ by attacks, did not pose risk to patientsA Palestinian doctor who said the 7 October Hamas attacks represented the day Israel was “humiliated” has been re-referred to a m…
UK ministers preparing to raise payments to end standoff with pharma industry, cited as reason for firms axing British investmentsMinisters are preparing to raise the amount the NHS pays pharmaceutical firms for medicines by up to 25% after weeks of in…
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UKThe NHS and social care would cease to function under the government’s new rules to be imposed on foreign staff, nursing leaders have said, as…
Poll of 2,000 people appears to underline experts’ concerns of growing ‘epidemic’ of addiction to alcohol or drugsOne in four people in the UK fear that a partner, relative or friend drinks too much, while one in six worry that a loved one is taking to…
Study finds that fitness classes helped those with hip, knee or back pain, and could save UK economy £34bnPeople with sore joints who exercise for two hours a week have less pain, visit their GP less and take less sick leave, a study has found.The find…
Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data by Radiotherapy UK also shows some patients face waits of up to six monthsMore than 60,000 cancer patients a year are not getting the radiotherapy they need at all, while some patients in England face waits of up to six …