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NHS figures leaked by whistleblower suggest more than 15,000 patients died in care of community mental health services in just one year – with desperate families forced to ‘beg’ for treatment from overstretched medical teams

Labour demand government focus on cutting NHS wait times

The number of people signed off work through long-term sickness has hit a record of more than 2.8million, figures show.

At some NHS trusts two thirds of all buildings are more than 75 years old, sparking warnings that crumbling and outdated buildings are putting patients at risk

Emergency calls for people at risk of freezing to death have shot up by around 40% in England since 2019, according to new data released with more than half of them elderly

The NHS has revealed a list of hospitals where the caller has made revolting comments to women over the past five years

The Nursing and Midwifery Council found all 17 allegations proven against Bacon

She suffered a permanent spinal cord injury and spent more than six months in hospital

The Phoenix Partnership (TPP), of which Tory donor Frank Hester is Chief Executive, has been awarded more than £400million of NHS and Government contracts since 2016

As incidences of kidney cancer are predicted to spike by a concerning 15 per cent, it's more important than ever to know the early symptoms, and understand when you should contact a doctor

The average NHS waiting time is 15 weeks, but just under 43 per cent of Brits on the list have been waiting longer than upper target of 18 weeks, with another two thirds (65.5 per cent) waiting longer than that

Joseph Lawrence, 25, had a vape every day for four years before he was rushed to hospital struggling to breathe. He has now issued a warning to others

You may not want to talk about it, but good penile hygiene is extremely important. If you stop washing your private parts properly, you could develop a nasty condition

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been hit with a 'focused and ongoing' cyber attack that could include 'patient-identifiable and staff-identifiable data' - with the public encouraged to be 'on guard'

Rupert Mosey, two, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy soon after birth - a condition causing muscle degeneration. His parents were told he wouldn't live past seven months old

Today is World Sleep Day, an awareness event highlighting the importance of proper rest. If you find yourself struggling to drift off, one doctor's surprising technique could help

Today is World Sleep Day, and a new study has found an alarming association between lack of sleep and increased risk of developing type two diabetes - so how many hours of shut eye do we need?

The care sector has more than 152,000 unfilled roles and the NHS has an estimated 126,000 vacancies, including 43,000 in nursing, and it's feared new migrant rules will only worsened the issue

Employees in Coventry and Birmingham are going on strike next week. Their claim is for £15 an hour and recognition of their union, the GMB. I wish them well, says Paul Routledge

Mum of five Constance Marten is on trial with her partner Mark Gordon at the Old Bailey, where they are accused of manslaughter by neglect of their baby daughter Victoria

Kelly Ward, from Kent, has slammed her local GP after her concerns over a growing lump fell on deaf ears, but she continued to push for testing and was ultimately told she had triple-negative breast cancer

Getting dressed, exercising, and completing household chores, are some of the tasks they are unable to take on, due to their regular, ongoing symptoms

Vulnerable children are facing 'appalling' waits for appointments with the NHS' Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), experts warn, as parents share their harrowing stories

If you’re worried about symptoms, don’t ignore them – see your GP. It could be nothing, but finding cancer early makes it more treatable