16 h. ago 'I called NHS dentists for 7 years but couldn't get in, so I pulled all my teeth out'

NHS dental crisis left Linda Colla having to pull out her last three teeth after being unable to get an NHS dentist for seven years [warning graphic video]

Politics

2 w. ago Asian women called ‘divas’ by NHS staff when asking for pain relief – Streeting

He said he was determined to deal with inequalities and racism in the health service as he launched a probe into NHS maternity services.

Politics

2 w. ago Now militant doctors demand the right to walkout on 'heat strike' as temperatures soar

Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) are calling on the union to demand that the NHS adopts a 'national maximum workplace temperature'.

Society

2 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.

Events

3 w. ago The reasons why ‘burned out’ 999 call handlers are leaving NHS

More than half a million days were lost to call handler illness in the three years from April 2021

Events

3 w. ago NHS 999 staff quitting and suffering burnout over ‘pressure’ of calls – research

New figures obtained by Unison showed high turnover rates among call handlers.

Events

3 w. ago 999 NHS call handlers suffering mass burnout with 500,000 days lost to sickness

More than a quarter of NHS ambulance control room staff quitting their jobs over the past three years - with a lack of support over distressing calls partly to blame

Sport

4 w. ago Thousands harmed and 87 dead after NHS equipment failures in England

‘Shocking statistics’ prompt calls for government funding to replace broken and obsolete medical devicesWoman suing NHS trust after blade broke off during surgery and lodged itself in her bodyAlmost 100 people have died and 4,000 have been harmed after equipment malfunctions in the NHS in the past three years, prompting calls for more government funding to upgrade broken and obsolete medical devices.A defibrillator advising paramedics not to administer a shock, an emergency alarm system on a neonatal ward failing, and the camera on an intubation device going dark were just three failures after which patients died. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago 'I'm at your mercy': Woman needing transfusions pleads for more blood donors as stocks run 'critically low'

The NHS has issued an urgent call for one million people across England to donate blood and stabilise the nation’s supplies

Events

4 w. ago 'I'm at your mercy': Woman needing transfusions pleas for more blood donors as stocks 'critically low'

The NHS has issued an urgent call for one million people across England to donate blood and stabilise the nation’s supplies

Events

4 w. ago NHS urgent call for 1,000,000 blood donors as it faces first ever 'Red Alert'

Health officials have issued a call for donors to avoid a "red alert" and threat to public safety

Events