All news on the topic: NHS

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Royle Family star pledges to join NHS strikes in passionate rant against Tories
Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson appeared on Tuesday afternoon’s Loose Women episode and praised the work of the NHS from his personal experience
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McDonald's extends popular 20% off discount - see who is eligible for money off
The 20% discount was first introduced back in July 2021 and it was launched as a "thank you" to emergency service workers and Mcdonald's plans to keep the scheme "indefinitely"
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Controversial skin cream may come to UK and even be offered on the NHS
The so-called miracle cream - Ruxolitinib - is said to be able to return a person's natural skin patches which have whitened due to vitiligo
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End of GP appointment chaos as patients must now get slot first time they call
NHS England has imposed the stipulation in a new contract of employment for family doctors after talks with the British Medical Association broke down
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Consultant doctors 'in despair' as they vote on NHS pay dispute strike action
Consultants are balloted over industrial action after 86% showed their support for walkout in 'consultative vote' on top of BMA strikes planned for 47,600 junior doctors
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'Digitised NHS too hard for the old, life would be frightening for mum today'
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's mum's final years were happy, she had carers and could phone for help, but life for her today would be frightening and confusing as a digitised NHS proves too hard for older people to access
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Prince Harry's 'stupidity' blasted by doctor over 'seriously damaging' drug chat
The Duke of Sussex said that marijuana "really helped him" mentally, but taking cocaine "did nothing for him", in a candid live Q&A with trauma expert Dr Gabor Maté
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'Pricey ear wax removal problem must be solved and quickly as GPs stop service'
Miriam Stoppard reveals that more than two million people are suffering from the need to have earwax removed now the service has been stopped by GPs
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EastEnders star, 53, in tears as he welcomes twins with his wife in first snaps
EastEnders actor Stephen Rahman-Hughes and his wife have welcomed two baby boys just 18 months after having their daughter and following years of 'patiently hoping for children'
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Firefighters call off strike action as union accepts new backdated pay offer
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said members voted "overwhelmingly" to accept a pay settlement is for 7% backdated to July 2022, plus an additional 5% from July 2023
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Black nurse told to 'bleach skin white' so patients would be nicer wins £25,000
Adelaide Kweyama was told to bleach her skin by a senior nurse. Now she has been awarded £25,000 from the NHS after a tribunal hearing agreed she had been the victim of race-related harassment
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More than 17,000 NHS consultants would vote to strike in ballot next month
The British Medical Association held a consultative ballot to find out if NHS consultants would be prepared to strike over pay and pensions. It will now proceed with a formal ballot next month
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'I spent a day as a GP receptionist and learnt why they ask so many questions'
Mirror writer Nia Dalton spent a day with GP receptionists at Horfield Health Centre in Bristol and learnt why it's so hard to get an appointment, as they battle NHS pressures and abusive patients
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'Labour must fix decay in NHS dentistry if it wins power at next election'
Funding cuts and “perverse” payment contracts blamed by dentists must be rectified. And if that doesn’t work, the NHS recruiting and directly employing thousands of dentists will be needed
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Desperate patients extract own teeth as 11million wait to see NHS dentist
With one in four Brits unable to get or afford a dentist appointment, a Mirror investigation has highlighted the extent of the NHS dentistry crisis from ripping out teeth with shoelaces to seeking appointments overseas
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Health chiefs splashed thousands on fancy taps as NHS begged for PPE in pandemic
Health Minister Will Quince confirmed that the Department of Health spent £15,300 on 14 lavish wash and dry devices at the height of the first Covid lockdown, with Labour branding it 'one rule for them and another for everyone else'
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Brit's organs 'turn to concrete' after gastric sleeve op in Turkey
A 45-year-old woman from the UK has been left fighting for her life when a gastric sleeve operation in Turkey left her stomach 'like concrete' before she developed life-threatening sepsis
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Rod Stewart to pay for 'pioneering medial treatment' for fan with rare condition
Sir Rod Stewart recently paid for Brits to have essential medical scans but the rocker is branching out and has vowed to pay for a fan to go to the US for treatment
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Union calls off ambulance strikes after Government agrees to pay talks
More than 13,000 ambulance workers were due to go on strike on March 6 and 8 but, after Unite joined Unison and the GMB in calling off the walk-outs, there will be a full service this upcoming week
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'Scientists looking deep into genes inside cells to find out how drugs work'
We have life-saving drugs that interact directly with DNA to treat diseases such as cancer but scientists had struggled to detect how and why they worked – until now
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Dad waiting for transplant as doctor warns of Black and Asian donor shortage
Ayo Samuel, 58, is trying to find a live donor to help change his life as he is desperate to join his grandchildren Harry, eight, Luca, six and Hunter, five, for a game of football
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Mum's heartbreak over string of failures that led to daughter's death at just 22
Laura Davis, 22, took her own life after she was given a plastic bag and allowed access to a ligature at Arbury Court psychiatric intensive care facility in Warrington, Cheshire
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Man left partially paralysed and unable to speak after partying for a month
After a whole month of partying, drugs and excessive alcohol consumption, Alex Sloan, 28, was left partially paralysed for eight months and could not speak for four months
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Sunak accused of Eat out to Help Out 'cover up' as WhatsApps show Covid fears
Leaked messages allege that Mr Hancock said he'd kept concerns about the scheme 'out of the news' and on another occasion he joked to his aide: 'He [Sunak] hasn’t launched another eat out to help the virus get about has he?'
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Daughter shares final messages with dad before he died alone in Covid pandemic
Sonya's dad didn't respond to her final message before he passed away at the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020 and she has blasted rule-breaking Tories who stopped her "last goodbye"