1 hour ago Top 10 Christmas heroes in UK include NHS staff, grocery workers and police officers

A survey of 2,000 adults has identified the top 10 vital workers who make Christmas possible

Events

22 h. ago NHS staff in Greater Manchester told to wear face masks due to virus outbreaks

It comes as flu levels continue to rise across the region

Sport

5 d. ago NHS taking legal action after patient and staff data stolen in cyber attack

Personal information of staff and patients at Barts Health hospitals has been stolen and shared to the dark web

Events

5 d. ago Fewer than one in ten frontline NHS staff have had a flu jab at some trusts despite health bosses telling the public to protect themselves against 'biggest ever outbreak'

NHS England has urged the public to get a jab amid fears the NHS will struggle with the 'double-whammy' of flu and a resident doctors strike in the run-up to Christmas.

Science

6 d. ago Watchdog warns Scotland's NHS 'financially unsustainable' despite SNP's £3bn extra funding

Audit Scotland has warned that SNP pledges to improve the NHS have not been delivered despite extra funding and staff for the health service.

Economics

9 d. ago Labour candidates to host public meeting on Wishaw hospital's neonatal intensive care unit

The meeting will bring together parents, NHS staff and local community groups, and will be joined by Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar and Deputy Leader Jackie Baillie.

Politics

1 week ago Gray ‘concerned, angry and appalled’ at destruction of logs linked to Eljamel

An investigation is being carried out after it emerged NHS Tayside staff destroyed logbooks linked to disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel.

Politics

1 week ago Pop star Shpat Kasapi dies aged 40 in wife's arms after suffering sudden heart attack

Shpat Kasapi's wife Selvije Jao told fans she couldn't wait to wake up from this nightmare and find him after a sudden heart attack saw him pass away while they were in Italy

Events

2 w. ago ‘I was left in agony after cancer surgery – but hospital staff wouldn’t help’

Exclusive: Patient said she suffered nightmares following stay at under-fire NHS trust criticised by health watchdog over staff shortages

Science

2 w. ago NHS services in Greater Manchester could be cut as staff numbers and budgets slashed

'We are going to face some very difficult decisions about what we want to stop, pause, slow down to make room for the things we want to do that are more value for money', said finance bosses for Greater Manchester's NHS

Sport

3 w. ago 'Broken' nurses warn of panic attacks and nightmares under NHS staff shortages

Workforce shortages mean staff are burning out and feel forced to keep working when they are ill, according to a shocking survey by the Royal College of Nursing

Events

3 w. ago Working in understaffed NHS is leaving nurses sick and ‘broken’, leaders warn

The Royal College of Nursing said it was receiving dozens of calls every week to its advice line from staff suffering burnout.

Events

3 w. ago Safari guide's frantic attempt to save Game of Thrones editor 'ripped apart' by lion

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. A dream safari trip plunged into a nightmare after talented young visual effects editor Katherine Chappell was viciously attacked by a lion, with the tour guide leaping into action to try and save her

Politics

3 w. ago Thousands of NHS doctors begin strike over pay as leaders warn of 'staff cuts'

Resident doctors in England have begun a five-day walkout

Events

3 w. ago NHS may have to cut frontline staff and perform fewer operations and scans to cover the £240m cost of today's doctors' strike, health leaders warn

Thousands of resident doctors are due to walkout for five days from 7am today in a row over pay - despite pocketing rises worth 28.9 per cent over the past three years.

Events

3 w. ago Health Secretary says 'uncomfortable' redundancy delays are 'on me' after 1,600 Greater Manchester NHS staff were left in limbo

The Health Secretary admitted the failing as he appeared on stage in Manchester this afternoon, after the region's health leaders slammed his lacking plans as 'Kafka-esque'

Society

4 w. ago Government announcement over NHS redundancies as 1,600 Greater Manchester staff in 'Kafka

'Hopefully this will see the end to the uncertainty our staff have been facing for the last eight months', said Greater Manchester health chief, Sir Richard Leese

Politics

4 w. ago Thousands of NHS staff redundancies to go ahead after funding agreed

The NHS will be permitted to overspend its budget this year to pay for redundancies, recouping the costs further down the line.

Politics

4 w. ago Local NHS bosses must axe HALF of their office staff to save £1bn a year for more ops, Streeting orders

LOCAL NHS bosses will today be told to cut half their office staff to save £1billion a year to fund thousands more ops.  Health Secretary Wes Streeting is demanding the integrated care boards get rid of 50 per cent of non-medical employees.  There are 42 NHS boards in England that control how taxpayers’ cash is spent by GPs and...

Economics

4 w. ago Health bosses accused of 'hating Britain' after complaining that flags are 'intimidating' black and Asian NHS staff

NHS executives have warned that the presence of the St George and Union symbols are creating 'no-go zones'.

Society