All news on the topic: NHS

04 Feb 2025 710

UK legal medicinal cannabis factory protected by ex-military guards

A team of growers tend to the six-foot plants in hi-tech laboratories inside the complex at a secret Midlands location. The crop is eventually turned into medicinal cannabis.

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04 Feb 2025 882

NHS initiates groundbreaking AI trial to detect breast cancer early and reduce waiting times

A major trial aiming to transform breast cancer screening with artificial intelligence has been launched, with almost 700,000 women expected to take part.

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02 Feb 2025 636

Mother of four, 37, discovered dead beside her ill daughter’s bed in Stoke hospital tragedy

Stoke-on-Trent pathologists found traces of several different drugs in 37-year-old Lindsey Owen’s body, and concluded she fell into a deep, drug-induced sleep before she died.

31 Jan 2025 622

Family of a five-year-old boy accuses hospital staff of ’laughing’ while his life support was turned off

Damning report criticises care of Muhammad Ayaan Haroon, who died at Sheffield Children’s Hospital after suffering breathing difficulties.

27 Jan 2025 894

The human impact of social care cuts: ’It feels like we don’t exist’

The week before Christmas, one couple received the devastating news their local council was cancelling care and reducing support - with no negotiation.

21 Jan 2025 862

NHS cleaner dismissed for taking 400 sick days over four years awarded significant payout

Zoe Kitching, who has anxiety, depression, and is bipolar, was sacked from theRoyal Lancaster Infirmary after taking more than 400 days off sick between 2019 and 2023.

20 Jan 2025 734

UK doctors achieve first: tumor removed using keyhole surgery through the eye

Leeds surgeons first to use new type of surgery that gives hope to patients whose cancers were previously inoperable.

20 Jan 2025 855

NHS to trial brain implant using ultrasound to enhance mood

Devices may have potential to help patients with conditions such as depression, addiction, OCD and epilepsy.

Crime

18 Jan 2025 535

NHS compelled to pay over £31 million for violent attacks on healthcare workers

NHs staff have received payouts in 1,496 cases totalling £31.4million over the last seven years, NHS records show - and legal fees of £28.4m nearly doubled the bill for the taxpayer.

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16 Jan 2025 579

Disturbing NHS hospital photos reveals ’dying’ patients in corridors, resembling ’Third World’ conditions

Shocking footage shows ’Third World’ scenes in hospital corridors as the Royal College of Nursing publishes a report saying the situation on the NHS frontline is ’worse than ever’.

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01 Jan 2025 641

NHS error leaves over 800 Derbyshire families without genetic test results

More than 800 African-Caribbean families in Derbyshire were not sent results of tests for genetic blood disorders

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30 Dec 2024 787

Over 5 million Brits living without a dentist as NHS services decline across England

An estimated 5 million people in England do not have a dentist, new figures reveal.

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02 Dec 2024 814

Starmer’s NHS plans will turn A&E into a ’war zone,’ bosses warn PM

NHS bosses are warning that A&E could become like a ’war zone’ because of Sir Keir Starmer’s targets for routine operations.

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13 Nov 2024 680

Assisted dying: Wes Streeting orders review into potential costs of changing the law

The Department for Health will look at the potential costs of implementing a controversial policy that is due to be debated by MPs later this month.

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11 Nov 2024 935

Covid inquiry reveals Treasury blocked NHS bed request

Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said.

Finance

20 Oct 2024 826

Rachel Reeves plans to tax businesses to fill the £9 billion black hole in the NHS

Rachel Reeves is set to use one of the most pivotal budgets of recent times to call on businesses to pay more tax to help restore the NHS, amid warnings that the health service has been left with a £9bn hole in its finances.

Finance

18 Oct 2024 626

NHS poised for a 4% budget increase, but health chiefs warn it may not be sufficient

Whitehall source says it would only allow NHS to ‘stand still’ on waiting lists rather than reduce them

Finance

17 Oct 2024 606

Repair bill for crumbling NHS buildings in England soars to almost £14bn

NHS Providers chief says ’vital bits of the NHS are literally falling apart after years of underinvestment’

Crime

09 Oct 2024 708

Urgent warning issued over ’convincing’ fake NHS dentist website that ’steals personal details and money’

Do you know how to spot a dodgy site from the real deal? Find out below

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07 Oct 2024 846

Doctor secured Lucy Letby’s hospital placement despite her being suspected of murder

Registrar who exchanged more than 1,000 messages with nurse tells public inquiry he believes he was misled

06 Oct 2024 715

Government to fund £120 blood test aimed at detecting 12 common cancers

Mionco screening has potential to be a ‘gamechanger’ in five years, says health secretary, Wes Streeting

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03 Oct 2024 684

GP injected her mother’s partner with a flesh-eating chemical to secure an inheritance, the court has heard

Trial told Thomas Kwan, 53, disguised himself as a nurse and told Patrick O’Hara he was getting a Covid jab

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23 Sep 2024 872

Nurses in England reject the government’s 5.5% pay offer

Royal College of Nursing union says members ‘do not yet feel valued and they are looking for urgent action’

Politics

12 Sep 2024 624

The three changes that need to happen to save the NHS

The Prime Minister has laid out the vital need for radical reform in the NHS following a report into the ‘critical condition’ of the health service.

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11 Sep 2024 625

Lucy Letby described as ’the elephant in the room’ at hospital with spike in baby deaths, inquiry reveals

The Thirlwall Inquiry heard that doctors did not discuss neonatal mortality or concerns raised about Letby until the new year following a pivotal board meeting in 2016