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Callers wait so long that nearly one in five hang up, finds Liberal Democrat commissioned analysisPatients contacting NHS 111 in England are having to wait so long for medical help that they are abandoning millions of calls, with 3.6m ditched in the pa…
NHS chief says four-day strike poses risks to patient safety, with up to 350,000 appointments and operations likely to be cancelledThe four-day strike by junior doctors in England will have a “catastrophic impact” on NHS waiting lists, with up to 350,0…
With real pay down 26% since 2008 and demoralised workplaces, medics are striking not out of militancy but from deep-rooted frustrationA four-day strike this week by junior doctors in England will pit angry medics keen to secure a 35% pay rise against …
Consultants who refuse to do extra work threatened with having their pay docked as NHS trusts race to empty their wardsHospital trusts are taking desperate measures to limit the predicted loss of life from this week’s NHS strikes – including threatenin…
Concerns over impact on patient safety of four days of strikes next week by junior doctors in EnglandUp to a quarter of a million medical appointments and operations could be postponed because of four days of strikes next week by junior doctors in Engl…
Call for review to have statutory powers to make witnesses give evidence after only 11 of 14,000 come forwardWhat is the Essex mental health inquiry and why is it being criticised?Bereaved relatives have said an independent inquiry into the death of al…
Researcher say making scan at 36-37 weeks routine may also cut risk of severe complications for babiesGiving women a third scan at the end of their pregnancy could dramatically reduce the number of unexpected breech births and the risk of babies being …
Health watchdog reverses decision not to recommend olaparib for patients with genetic faultThe NHS in England is to offer thousands of cancer patients the world’s first cancer drug to target an inherited genetic fault, after a U-turn by the health watc…
Bereaved parents and orphaned children unrecognised, says Brian Langstaff ahead of full report into NHS’s ‘biggest treatment disaster’More people who lost loved ones during the “biggest treatment disaster in the NHS” should be entitled to compensation,…
Exclusive: leading heart experts urge BMA to exempt staff working on critical care units in EnglandCritically ill patients “will inevitably die” because hospitals are having to cancel surgery as a direct result of next week’s junior doctors’ strike in …