14 h. 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.

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57 h. 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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63 h. 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 d. 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 d. 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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9 d. ago Richard Bacon hits back as Question Time viewer accuses him of 'manic and weird behaviour'

Richard Bacon was on the panel of the BBC's Question Time on Thursday night where he clashed with Republicans Overseas UK chairman, Greg Swenson - but drew criticism from viewers

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9 d. ago BBC Question Time audience member skewers Tory MP in showdown on welfare reforms

Helen Whately MP, who is Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, was grilled on BBC's Question Time about this week's welfare reforms - and one audience member became upset

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1 week ago BBC Question Time in hysterics after panelist's baffling Donald Trump remark

Thursday's Question Time audience in Reading, Berkshire, appeared perplexed by Greg Swenson's response to a point made by broadcaster Richard Bacon about Donald Trump

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1 week ago Transgender patients not called to NHS screenings due to failure to record sex, review finds

Professor Alice Sullivan was asked to review collection of data and statistics on biological sex

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1 week ago Deaf TikTok star who took poison ‘failed’ by NHS services, inquest hears

Imogen Nunn told support worker she had ‘bought something online’ before she died in Brighton, mother saysA TikTok star who died after consuming a poisonous substance she bought online told an NHS support worker about the purchase a month before her death, an inquest has heard.Imogen Nunn took a poisonous substance and died in Brighton, East Sussex, on New Year’s Day 2023. The 25-year-old, who was deaf, raised awareness of hearing and mental health issues on her social media accounts, which gained more than 780,000 followers.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Scrapping NHS England means Labour has no one to blame if it fails to deliver'

'Health Secretary Wes Streeting is impatient for change as he knows the Government will have a big problem if it doesn't slash NHS waits by the general election,' writes Mirror Political Editor Lizzy Buchan

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2 w. ago Social media users go into meltdown after mistakenly thinking the NHS has been abolished

Brits were left hot under the colour as they failed to realise the difference between NHS England and the NHS as a whole - and were left believing the entire health sector was set to be scrapped.

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2 w. ago The common signs of endometriosis – as new treatment drug gets NHS approval

The drug will only be made available on the NHS for patients whose medical or surgical treatment for endometriosis has failed.

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2 w. ago NHS 111 operator failed to escalate case of boy, 17, as he died from sepsis, but handler believed there was no

Cyrus Perry's mother Hayley called the service after the teenager fell ill at his home in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.

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2 w. ago Scots cancer patients face waiting times emergency because SNP failed to fix NHS

In his regular column for the Record, the Scottish Labour leader says he would declare a "Waiting Times Emergency" if he becomes First Minister.

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3 w. ago NHS pressures and inequalities in care ‘failing’ stroke patients, report says

The Stroke Association is calling for action from the Government.

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3 w. ago Richard Tice squirms as he is grilled on BBC Question Time about Reform civil war

During Question Time, Fiona Bruce took the opportunity to interrogate Reform Party's Richard Tice about fellow party MP Rupert Lowe's jibe at chief Nigel Farage

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3 w. ago BBC Question Time audience applaud as Fiona Bruce skewers Reform MP Richard Tice

Presenting Question Time on BBC One, Fiona Bruce lost patience with Richard Tice, one of five Reform MPs in power, during a heated exchange around climate change

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3 w. ago BBC Question Time’s Fiona Bruce threatens to ‘gag’ Reform MP Richard Tice in heated debate

BBC Question Time presenter Fiona Bruce threatened to “gag” Reform MP Richard Tice during a heated debate.

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3 w. ago Failure to boost dire NHS productivity will leave £13bn black hole in public finances by 2028, report warns

A new analysis by the Health Foundation piled pressure on NHS bosses to hit the Government's target for a 2 per cent productivity boost across the health service.

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