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Royal College of Psychiatrists and British Medical Association among those saying risks mean police must always attendPlans for NHS staff to restrain and detain people experiencing a mental health crisis, instead of the police doing so, are “dangerous”…
Other NHS staff decry their award, while teachers are angered part of their pay rise will come from school budgetMinisters are bracing themselves for a potential wave of NHS strikes in England after doctors denounced pay rises of up to 5.4% this year a…
Adding scans to existing screening could catch harder-to-detect early-stage cases of disease, research showsHundreds of lives could be saved every year with extra cancer checks for women with very dense breasts, a study suggests.Millions of women under…
Exclusive: Faster treatment via NHS in England would improve health and help people keep jobs, research findsMinisters have been told cutting waiting times for thousands of people in Britain’s mental health crisis could help employment and save the gov…
Jab hailed as ‘landmark moment for sexual health’ and comes amid record cases of infectionA vaccine for gonorrhoea will be rolled out in England as part of a world-first programme, officials have announced.The move, hailed as a “landmark moment for sex…
Baby charities’ report shows that high rates of stillbirth and neonatal death are not reducing quickly enoughA delay in improving NHS maternity care is costing the lives of hundreds of babies a year, analysis has shown.At least 2,500 fewer babies would…
Prof Richard Thompson accused of wrongly failing to escalate care of Martha Mills, 13, before she died of sepsisA senior doctor has been accused of wrongly failing to escalate the care of a 13-year-old girl whose death led to the adoption of Martha’s r…
Exclusive: Cardiologist Dr Jon Byrne warns true death toll could be 800 a year as not all specialist centres shared data‘She was so fit, so well’: the heart patient who died before getting vital procedureHundreds of patients with a deadly heart conditi…
Failure to recruit NHS radiologists risks creating vicious cycle whereby doctors are drawn to private work, royal college saysThe NHS handed private firms a record £216m last year to examine X-rays and scans because hospitals have too few radiologists….
PM on trip to announce increased cooperation against people smugglers alongside Albania’s prime minister, Edi Rama. This live blog is closedAll Commons Speakers, at least for the past 30 years, have complained about the government making major announce…