5 h. ago Voices: What happened to striking doctors’ pledges to ‘do no harm?’

These strikes will further erode people’s trust in the NHS – and could hasten the end of the healthcare system altogether, warns John Oldham, GP for 29 years and a senior adviser to Wes Streeting

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8 h. ago Britain's 'deadliest' hospitals: NHS Trusts where 'too many' patients are dying, official report shows

Worrying data show that some NHS trusts recorded over a quarter more patient deaths than expected between March 2024 and February this year.

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17 h. ago Best and worst performing NHS trusts ranked on seven key measures

It is the first time this data has been presented in a user-friendly way.

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24 h. ago Scotland focused on big picture with Fiji clash key to world ranking

Gregor Townsend’s side want a top-six spot to avoid a repeat of their tough 2023 World Cup group.

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2 d. ago Can things only get better, Keir? Government approval falls to worst EVER after PM's benefits humiliation and Chancellor's tears

YouGov found just 13 per cent approve of the administration's performance, the worst level yet detected by the polling firm.

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3 d. ago The best places in Britain for moving house with two Scottish cities in top 10

New research analysed towns and cities across the UK using five key indicators to assess their relocation ranking.

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4 d. ago Charity prepares legal challenge after NHS trust pauses ADHD referrals for over

ADHD UK says over-25s wanting assessment with Coventry and Warwickshire trust have no choice but to pay privatelyA charity supporting people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is preparing a legal challenge against an NHS trust that has temporarily stopped accepting referrals for adults over 25.Coventry and Warwickshire partnership NHS trust said any new referrals for people over 25 would be paused from 21 May to reduce waiting lists for children.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 counselor. 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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8 d. ago Married head of Royal Navy Sir Ben Key fired after affair with junior officer

Former First Sea Lord and Admiral Sir Ben Key has been stripped of his rank after his affair with a female officer under his command was exposed by the woman's husband to officials

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9 d. ago Digital ‘one stop shop’ for NHS will speed up care for patients, Government says

The new ‘innovator passport’ will mean technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation can easily be adopted by others.

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2 w. ago NHS cyber attack contributed to London hospital patient's death, trust reveals

Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College and Lewisham and Greenwich hospitals were all affected last June

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2 w. ago Man says wife ‘needlessly suffered’ as hospital admits patient care failings

Rotherham Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has apologised and said the care provided to some patients was ‘not at the level we strive for’.

Science

2 w. ago Overlooking sexual harassment against health staff ‘risks patient safety’

Medics claim that overlooking these incidents allows other toxic behaviours ‘to perpetuate’.

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2 w. ago England's most DANGEROUS maternity units exposed as health chiefs launch urgent review into scandal

The probe will look at the 10 worst performing  maternity and neonatal services in the country, including Leeds, Sussex, Gloucester, and Mid and South Essex.

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2 w. ago Streeting launches 'urgent' national investigation into NHS maternity care with a rapid review of the 10 'worst

It comes after Mr Streeting met families who have lost babies and amid the ongoing investigations at some NHS trusts into poor maternity care.

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3 w. ago Biggest NHS trust in London to be sued over 'discriminatory' uniform policy silencing support for Palestine

Barts Health NHS Trust has banned staff from displaying symbols seen as politically or nationally affiliated

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3 w. ago Revealed, the NHS hospital trusts plagued by abnormally high deaths. Is YOURS on the list of the worst affected?

Full results of our probe - based on the NHS's own mortality data - can be viewed below in our postcode search tool, which lets you see how your trust fares.

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3 w. ago 'I've dreamed of this moment': First ever patient gets 'world's most expensive drug' on the NHS

Called Hemgenix, the drug was administered yesterday at St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London to a patient from Newcastle.

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3 w. ago NHS trust tells wheelchair user to go to Pets at Home to be weighed

Health trust apologises after patient told to use ‘community-based’ options such as machines in shops intended for animals

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on the Letby case: justice cannot be immune from scrutiny or doubt | Editorial

Even in the most harrowing cases, a fair society must allow for review, and the possibility of judicial errorWhen Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies, and attempting to murder seven more, the judge sentenced her to multiple whole-life terms for what he said had been “a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign”. The convictions shook public trust in the NHS and demanded a reckoning with a system and culture that had failed to prevent such horrors. In August 2023, this newspaper urged readers to look beyond individual guilt to the institutional failures that allowed such crimes to go undetected for so long. It remains the case that serious questions must be asked of NHS management and clinical staff in relation to the tragic events at the Countess of Chester hospital.However, justice, like science, should not be afraid to re-examine its conclusions when reasonable doubt or fresh evidence emerge. Since Letby’s conviction, many have questioned the basis of the prose...

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