Plans for NHS staff to restrain and detain people experiencing a mental health crisis, instead of the police doing so, are “dangerous”, doctors, nurses and psychiatrists have warned. The former prime minister Theresa May has proposed legislation in England and […]
A delay in improving NHS maternity care is costing the lives of hundreds of babies a year, analysis shows. At least 2,500 fewer babies would have died since 2018 if hospitals had managed to reduce the number of of stillbirths
The UK is becoming “the sick person of the wealthy world” because of the growing number of people dying from drugs, suicide and violence, research has found. Death rates among under-50s in the UK have got worse in recent years
Hundreds of patients with a deadly heart condition are dying every year while stuck on an NHS waiting list amid long delays for life-saving treatment, research reveals. About 300,000 people across the UK have aortic stenosis (AS), a serious but
The NHS handed private firms a record £216m last year to examine X-rays and scans because hospitals have too few radiologists. The amount of money NHS organisations across the UK are paying companies to interpret scans has doubled in five
NHS gave private firms record £216m to examine X-rays in 2024 | NHS Read More »
The NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence have hit an “astounding” £58.2bn amid ministers’ failure to improve patient safety, an influential group of MPs have warned. The Commons public accounts committee (PAC) said the “jaw-dropping” sums being paid to victims
Thousands of people in a mental health crisis are enduring waits of up to three days in A&E before they get a bed, with conditions “close to torture” for those in such a distressed state. At one hospital, some patients
Ministers have “maxed out” the amount of money they can give the NHS and it must learn to live with smaller annual budget rises, the health service’s new boss in England has said. The parlous state of the country’s finances
Ministers have ‘maxed out’ health service funding, says NHS England boss | NHS Read More »
Drug shortages in the UK have risen to their worst level for four years, official figures show, with Brexit considered a key reason so many medications are scarce. Drug companies notified the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) about
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says | Health Read More »
Brexit has left the NHS increasingly dependent on doctors and nurses from poor “red list” countries, from which the World Health Organization says it is wrong to recruit. The health service in England has hired tens of thousands of health
