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BT says back-up platform now working so people should make emergency calls to police, ambulance and fire services as usualPolice forces, ambulance services, and fire and rescue teams across the UK urged people not to phone 999 for more than an hour on …
Relatives angry that investigation of Essex Partnership trust over mental health patients’ deaths can’t make witnesses give evidenceA recently bereaved mother has added her voice to calls for a “proper inquiry” into the Essex Partnership university NHS…
Lord Simon Stevens feared advice would stop people coming forward for much-needed treatmentThe head of NHS England was critical of the government’s slogan urging people to “protect the NHS” at the start of the Covid pandemic, amid concerns it would sto…
E-cigarettes are popular but the health risks remain unclear. Experts explain how to reduce your nicotine intake and help the environmentAlthough vaping is established as a way to stop smoking, there are potential health risks. According to the NHS, e-…
Exclusive: research finds accounts of being spat at and having hair pulled as delays for care cause frustrationMore than half of UK doctors have seen or experienced abuse by patients or their relatives in the last year, including incidents in which the…
Survey shows the impact of Covid on frontline workers, with one in 25 NHS staff attempting suicide for first timeOne in 10 health workers in England had suicidal thoughts during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research that highlights the scale of …
Average height of boys and girls aged five has slipped due to poor diet and NHS cuts, experts sayBritish children who grew up during the years of austerity are shorter than their peers in Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania, a study has found.In 1985, B…
Some patients’ cancer became incurable as a direct result of long waits, says Macmillan Cancer SupportAt least 100,000 people across the UK have had their lives put at risk over the last decade because of delays to them getting tested or treated for ca…
Inquiry launched by Environment Agency into huge pile of medical aprons found in Calmore, HampshireThe “dumping” of hundreds of thousands of pieces of unused personal protective equipment near a nature reserve on the edge of the New Forest has mystifie…
POPE Francis is a roamin’ Catholic as he leaves hospital waving from a wheelchair.
The upbeat pontiff, 86, left Rome’s Gemelli Hospital yesterday, nine days after a hernia operation — thanking the crowd of well-wishers waiting to greet him.
Pope …