All news on the topic: NHS

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Toothbrush habits may increase risk of cancer-causing infection, new study warns
Poor oral health makes it more likely to catch a virus linked to certain types of malignancy
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'Our beloved NHS is in crisis - it's time for the Government to listen and act'
Our NHS – the pride and joy of the country – is in crisis and it needs to be looked after properly, and so does everyone who works in it from the paramedics to the cleaners
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Nikki Grahame's mum calls for ban on dangerous diet apps after daughter's death
The Sunday Mirror signed up to several apps that encourage people to lose weight by starving themselves with some users bragging they had gone hungry for five days or more
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Infected blood victims told they can't bring laywers to meeting with minister
Jason Evans, of the Factor 8 campaign group, said victims had been invited to a meeting with Paymaster General Jeremy Quin on Tuesday - and lawyers had been due to attend
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Hundreds of patients rushed to hospital by taxi due to ambulance shortages
One scandal-hit service ferried 27 critical condition patients by cab. Each person was on a category 1 call, meaning they needed life-saving intervention or resuscitation
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Hero NHS nurse who found lump in her own breast makes life-changing decision
Tracey van Alphen-Read, who had just applied to become a palliative care nurse, said 'everything came crashing down' when she discovered a breast lump days before a holiday in Greece
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Brits urged to check on family as Arctic blast sends temperatures plummeting
It's important to "heat your home to at least 18C", warns the UK Health Security Agency, as the Met Office says parts of the country have increased chances of snow, frost and fog in the coming weeks
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Sleep paralysis: Signs, symptoms and how best to avoid it
A surprising number of us have experienced the terrifying inability to move a muscle as we drift to and from dreamland - but what exactly is this strange phenomenon?
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Grammar school headteacher leaves after parents sent list of teachers on strike
Charlotte Jordan left King Edward VI Five Ways Grammar school in Birmingham after parents received a list of teachers going on strike and a data breach investigation was launched
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Kate Garraway details tough financial impact of caring for husband Derek Draper
Kate Garraway has opened up about the financial difficulties involved in caring for her husband Derek Draper, with the broadcaster having to adapt the family home and pay for assistants
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'First ever surgery and I’m terrified, but I'm singing away the gloom with pals'
The warm and wise words of Val Savage (that's Robbie's mum) and this week she is singing away the gloom with pals as she faces her first ever surgery with some nerves - and some excitement
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NHS strikes halted after Government agrees to offer workers an improved pay deal
The breakthrough means talks between NHS unions and ministers will start next week when almost 50,000 workers had planned walk-outs
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Russell Grant says astrology chart hinted at brain tumour diagnosis
Russell Grant candidly opens up about being diagnosed with pituitary gland tumour
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Ambulance strikes suspended as Government finally agrees to union pay talks
After months of waiting, the Health Secretary wrote to unions within hours of GMB ambulance workers announcing they would reduce emergency cover on strike days
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Abandoned £5m state-of-the-art clinic unused with no GPs year after it was built
Little Lever Health Centre in Bolton, Greater Manchester, was meant to welcome medics soon after it opened but the £5million state-of-the art medical facility still lays empty
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Charlotte Crosby mum-shamed for wearing fake nails as she gave birth on TV
Fans also told Charlotte Crosby she shouldn't display confidential medical information on her Instagram feed and hit out at her comment she would 'redo' the birth again
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Tragic faces of kids killed in lockdown as UK faced 'pressure cooker' crisis
Government statistics show that between April 2020 and March 2021 that 223 children died in instances where abuse or neglect is known or suspected
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Two-faced Tories give key workers no recognition, praise or reward post-pandemic
The only people who failed to appreciate this were Matt Hancock and the then Education Secretary Gavin Williamson who, like silly schoolboys, sent puerile messages in which Williamson accused teachers of being lazy
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Campaigner was bridge to past but with brutal warnings of ravaged NHS future
Harry Leslie Smith would have turned 100 this week and, as Ros Wynne-Jones writes, all of us who loved him miss his wisdom as Britain confronts one of the most challenging periods since his own childhood
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Care home boss says Matt Hancock has 'no integrity' after WhatsApp texts leaked
This week, messages sent by former Health Secretary Matt Hancock during the coronavirus pandemic have been leaked. Three care home bosses have spoken to The Mirror about their despair
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'The idea the Williamson thought teachers lazy during Covid is disgusting'
'In my 30-year teaching career I have never seen staff work so hard as they did during the pandemic,' says Dr Paul Gosling, NAHT President and head teacher of Exeter Road Community Primary School in Devon
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Black NHS midwife sues hospital after staff told to 'check bags' on her last day
Olukemi Akinmeji successfully took her former NHS employers to court over racism she experienced at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, where a colleague joked staff should 'check their bags' as she left
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Tories invite NHS unions to pay talks in potential breakthrough to avert strikes
Health unions have finally been called in for pay talks by the Government - a day after the GMB union said paramedics would attend only the most obviously life-threatening 999 calls during its next England-wide strike
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'Filler has bad reputation but it fixed my lopsided face - I look like me again'
Alison Waite, who suffered multiple serious health problems, says she now understands the impact cosmetic treatments can have on 'rebuilding a person's identity'
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Grieving Covid families say Hancock WhatsApp messages 'twist knife' in wounds
Bereaved relatives have told of their fury after Matt Hancock's bombshell texts on testing were leaked. Matt Forest, whose mum died of Covid, said the former Health Secretary 'betrayed' his mother