5 d. ago London heart attack patient, 71, is Britain’s first to get lifesaving ‘chemotherapy

Paul Curtis said he ‘got his life back’ by trusting specialists at St George’s Hospital, Tooting

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8 d. ago ‘NHS mental health services failed my inspiring daughter – I don’t want other patients to suffer the same fate’

Court documents show Iona Imogen Lee’s suicide is one of at least five deaths failures at Derbyshire’s mental health units caused or contributed to in past decade

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1 week ago NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

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1 week ago THOUSANDS of men with prostate cancer are at increased risk of early death due to scandalous postcode lottery

To maximise survival chances, the NHS should diagnose the disease (pictured, file photo) and start treatment within 62 days of a patient being referred by a doctor.

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2 w. ago Under fire NHS GGC bosses 'failing to learn from hundreds of major incidents in hospitals'

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has apologised after recording more than 1000 'serious adverse events' in the last five years.

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2 w. ago NHS managers don't care about health tourists' £250m unpaid bill... because it's not their cash, writes PROF KAROL SIKORA

Health tourism is a perennial problem that NHS management has failed time and time again to address, as figures show.

Economics

2 w. ago Hospitals have written off more than £250 MILLION owed by foreign patients... because of failures to check they were entitled to NHS treatment

Escalating debts from health tourists - who have had everything from spinal surgery to heart care and cancer treatment - is creating a growing black hole in NHS finances.

Economics

2 w. ago David Lammy says Trump has taken US economic policy back 100 years with ‘return to protectionism’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementThe official plan to increase access to NHS dental services in England has been a “complete failure”, and some of the government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis, a damning report warns, Andrew Gregory reports.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, is at the Nato HQ in Brussels this morning, where Nato foreign ministers are meeting. Speaking to the media, he said President Trump was taking US economic policy back almost a century by embracing protectionism. He said:The United Kingdom, like France, is a great maritime nation.We are a nation that believes in open trade, and I regret the return to protectionism in the United States, something that we’ve not seen for nearly a century. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BBC Question Time audience in hysterics as Fiona Bruce skewers floundering panellist

Question Time became heated on Thursday as the panel in Cardiff discussed devolution - and Fiona Bruce insisted Rhun ap Iorwerth, Leader of Plaid Cymru, was derailing the topic

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2 w. ago Plans to fix NHS dentistry a 'complete failure' as patients forced to pull out teeth with pliers, report by MPs says

Attempts to improve access have been a 'complete failure' as services are underpinned by a contract that is 'not fit for purpose', the Pubic Accounts Committee says.

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2 w. ago 'Incompetent' London nurse who caused 'physical and emotional harm' to patients suspended

Mark Barry was struck off for a catalogue of errors and failures during his time at St George’s NHS Trust

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2 w. ago BBC warns of ‘unprecedented’ issues after £1bn drop in income

The corporation issued the warning after two years when the licence fee was frozen.

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3 w. ago 'I drove 1,000 miles just to get a dentist appointment as the situation is ridiculous'

Mark Formosa took the extreme measures after failing to find an NHS appointment anywhere near his home in Newquay, Cornwall, despite being on the waiting list for years

Politics

3 w. ago Man drives 1,000 miles to Scotland and back for dentist appointment

Mark Formosa, 48, took the extreme measures after failing to find an NHS appointment anywhere near his home in Newquay.

Politics

3 w. ago Failures of NHS urgent dental care will lead to an ‘antibiotic apocalypse’, dentists warn

Antibiotics are used as a substitute for treatment and could fuel antibiotic resistance, warns University of Manchester expert

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3 w. ago Coroner blasts NHS Trust where baby girl died thanks to 'gross failures in basic medical care'

James Adeley slammed University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation after Ida Lock, died a week after birth as a result of a serious brain injury caused by poor care at the hands of midwives.

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3 w. ago BBC Question Time sees dad share heartbreaking story which sparks debate on 'failing' NHS

Question Time on BBC One last night featured a debate around the NHS and its mental service provision, a topic raised by a father in Dartford, Kent, who waited two years for a referral for his child

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3 w. ago Ayrshire women 'failed' by NHS as waiting times for hysterectomies nearly triples

NHS Ayrshire & Arran has seen the medium completed wait for a hysterectomy nearly triple, with patients waiting an average 145 days in 2024/25. This is a 196 per cent increase compared to 2019/20.

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