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Hospital bosses worry BMA will not honour agreement to return junior doctors to work in event of major incident NHS bosses fear patient safety could be compromised during this week’s junior doctors strikes if medics do not honour an agreement to abando…
Crisis in NHS contributing to nurses being spat at and punched, leading some to leave the profession, Prof Nicola Ranger saysNurses are being put in increasing danger from shocking levels of violence and aggression by patients, a senior nursing leader …
Exclusive: Proliferation comes amid treatment shortage and poses major public health threat, say expertsDoctors are reporting a surge in scabies cases across the UK amid an acute shortage of treatments, and say the “nightmare” situation poses a major p…
Figures showing 133% increase since 2013 derided as ‘smoke and mirrors’ amid failure to meet treatment targetsNHS figures that show more people than ever are being checked for cancer have been criticised as “misleading” by experts.Official data publish…
Awarding of contract to create new data platform prompts immediate concerns about security of medical recordsUK politics live – latest updatesThe NHS has sparked controversy by handing the US spy tech firm Palantir a £330m contract to create a huge new…
A BRIT holidaymaker has been paralysed and stranded in hospital thousands of miles from home after a freak accident on a beach.
Charline Edwards, 24, has been told she has to fork £38,000 to be flown back from Cape Verde after being t…
Drug firm Novo Nordisk proposed singling out those most likely to return to work with its weight-loss injectionObesity jab maker Novo Nordisk suggested to senior government officials that they could “profile” benefit claimants so that those most likely…
Report by leading cancer experts criticises ministers for scrapping dedicated plan to tackle diseaseUK cancer care is in crisis and patients will die because of ministers’ decision to axe a dedicated plan to tackle the disease, leading cancer experts h…
Amanda Pritchard will say combination of vaccination and screening means goal within two decades is realistic ambitionCervical cancer can be eliminated in England by 2040, saving thousands of women’s lives, the head of NHS England will say on Wednesday…
We explore the background to the plan for them to become part of the UK’s routine childhood immunisation programmeChickenpox is a highly contagious infection caused by the varicella zoster virus, and is common in the UK. It results in an itchy rash, an…