All news on the topic: Hospitals

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Robert Carlyle says poverty that inspired Full Monty has returned to Britain
As he returns to the role of Gaz for an eight-part Disney+ series, the Scottish actor admits nothing has changed, adding: “Look what’s happened in 25 years"
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Sisters' double grief after losing husband and best pal to same 'silent killer'
Andrea Harrower lost husband Paddy and her sister lost her best friend Natalie Wilson - both to 'silent killer' pancreatic cancer within five years and are now fulfilling a dying wish
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'Doctors missed 4 signs I had cancer until I had emergency op to save my life'
Health watchdogs have found Charlie Pulpett's early colon cancer symptoms should have been investigated as red flags after she needed two thirds of her colon removed
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Pathologist who probed Harold Shipman wants girl's body exhumed to prove murder
Professor Derrick Pounder, who investigated the notorious case of serial killer Harold Shipman, says re-examining the remains of two-year-old Alexina Kelbie could uncover vital evidence missed when she died in foster care in Dundee
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Grim photo inside five-year-old's stomach shows why you should never swallow gum
The boy consumed an entire packet of sugar-free gum which contained roughly 40 pieces, swallowing each one before his parents urgently called a poison hotline
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Almost 2 million elderly turned off heating last winter as energy costs soared
A study by National Energy Action for a Dispatches probe found three in five over-65s used their heating less than usual - and one in five went to bed early to stay warm
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Girl, 4, crushed to death in freak garden accident while she played in a hammock
Four-year-old Maria died shortly after she was admitted to hospital in Brazil, after a garden pillar suddenly collapsed onto her while swinging in a hammock
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Bear Grylls still in agony 27 years after daredevil stunt that went badly wrong
The TV adventurer tells Amy Packer how he copes with the chronic pain caused by a lifetime of pushing his body to its limit, including a freak skydiving accident in the '90s
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Mum high on laughing gas crashes car in 100mph fireball smash that killed friend
Nasrin Saleh, 26, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to four and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to causing the death of Luqman Mehboob by dangerous driving on October 10, 2021
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Girl burned all over body as six-month-old baby celebrates every year of life
Little Elizabath Soffe marks the day she survived the devastating cot blaze that left her with burns all over her body each year - last year her fundraising efforts earned her a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award
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Hit-and-run driver spared jail after mowing down schoolgirl on bicycle
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Pharmacist Farhan Musaji ploughed into schoolgirl Layla Shepard in October 2021 with his Audi in Deane, Greater Manchester
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'I didn't send my daughter to uni to die - there were so many missed red flags'
Student Lucy de Oliveira was 22 when she took her own life. Her mother Liz, alongside other bereaved parents, is calling on the Government to introduce a new law in a bid to protect students
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Mum 'kills three young daughters before calling police and blaming her husband'
Police said a bloodstained pillow was found at the apartment and it was possible it was used to smoother the children who were all found unresponsive at the apartment
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Parents of baby girl say they'll never give up fight for answers over her death
Kimberley Lindop, little Polly's mother, said her baby girl lives on through her brothers and sister. She added that she will never give up looking for answers over the tot's death
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'How Rishi Sunak can stop the boats - engage brain and ignore the Tories'
The Prime Minister can stop the boats very easily, says Fleet Street Fox. It's just that his own party won't let him
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Mum's tragic last promise to daughter after she collapsed in airport and died
Melissa's mum Michelle Heathcote, from the Wirral in Merseyside, promised her that she would look after her daughter after she collapsed at Antalya Airport in Turkey
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Brit backpacker loses arm after it is crushed in gruesome accident on gap year
Henry Dunn, 23, suffered a horrific injury to his left arm, which led doctors to amputate the limb below the elbow, after working on a farm at the Larrimah Station, five hours south east of Darwin, while backpacking across Australia
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Mum gets 'one in a million' diagnosis after sitting on toilet & knees shattered
Bethany Eason is urging people to take the symptoms of giant cell tumours seriously after she had to have her knee removed and being told she'd never regain full mobility
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Baby who died hours after birth being investigated as possible manslaughter
Polly Lindop was born at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester on Monday 13 March 2023, but died before she was one day old. Greater Manchester Police's Major Incident Team is investigating
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Man with splinter left in hand for four days has to have finger cut off
Alan Blakey, who works in a children’s home, had removed the splinter four days after it became lodged in the skin of a finger on his left hand
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Monday most common day to have heart attack - and sleep could be to blame
Scientists have been unable to fully explain this "Blue Monday" phenomenon and previous studies suggesting heart attacks are more likely on a Monday highlighted an association with the body's sleep or wake cycle
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Hospitals 'were dangerously understaffed' when Covid hit because of austerity
A TUC report today finds health and social care were in the 'danger zone' at the start of the pandemic as pay freezes had led to problems with recruitment and staff turnover
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Archie Battersbee's mum issues plea to MPs after heartbreaking death of son, 12
Hollie Dance and Archie's father Paul Battersbee fought a desperate legal fight to save their son after the High Court ruled ending life support was in his best interests
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Woman disguises herself as cleaner to see dying mum in hospital
Alexandra Spencer-Jones' mother was admitted in March 2020 and caught Covid, forcing her daughter to work out how to see her when visitors were banned at Darent Valley Hospital
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Brit base jumper falls to his death after launching off mountain in wing suit
Mark Andrews, 65, from Cornwall, fell 400 metres to his death while base jumping at mountains in Trentino, Italy, at the weekend