12 h. ago Woman who stabbed man, 61, to death in racist attack after calling herself the 'Charles Bronson of Bristol' told care worker she was going to 'get the Jamaican drug dealer' minutes earlier

A woman who stabbed a man to death in a racist and unprovoked attack had asked her care worker that she be sent back to hospital minutes before the killing.

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24 h. ago Dumfries and Galloway mental health service named one of Scotland's top nursing teams

Balcary Ward – the intensive psychiatric care unit at Midpark Hospital - has been shortlisted for the RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards.

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65 h. ago Immobile pensioner, 84, who died alone was unable to call for help after being sent home from hospital with no care plan in place

Samuel Brookes was transported to his bed where he could not reach his pendant alarm or the hand held device as he was left unattended for two weeks.

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3 d. ago JD Vance warns of 'very dark time for all of humanity' in 21st Century after death of Pope Francis

Vice President JD Vance warned of a dark future for the world if large countries like India and the United States were unable to work together, just days after Pope France died in Rome.

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4 d. ago Enfield 'murder': Family 'devastated' as woman, 45, stabbed to death in home

Pamela Munro, 45, was found in Ayley Croft, Enfield, by emergency services on Sunday, and died at the scene from a stab wound after paramedics were unable to save her life

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4 d. ago ‘You can let go now’: inside the hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain

In a Danish palliative care unit, the alternative to assisted dying is not striving to cure, offering relief and comfort to patients and their families• This article is nominated for the 2025 edition of the European Press Prize in the Distinguished Reporting category. Originally published in Danish by PolitikenRené Damgaard, 67, lies in a hospital bed in the palliative care unit at Hvidovre hospital outside Copenhagen. It’s the first evening of May, and the window is open, letting mild air and the sound of a blackbird singing into the room.“This is the kind of weather you love the most. When you usually stand and fish at the sandbank,” says his niece, 53-year-old Mette Damgaard. She is leaning over the bed, her face very close to his. She has been sitting like this for a long time. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Travel blogger Vanessa Konopka dead at 28 after extreme sickness left her 'unable to speak'

Vanessa Konopka, 28, died after spending months at a hospital in the Philippines 'unable to eat, walk and speak.'

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5 d. ago Influencer, 28, dies after horror illness on party island left her unable to stand or eat

Popular travel vlogger Vanessa Konopka, 28, spent her final months bedbound in a hospital in the Philippines after falling ill and being left unable to eat or walk

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7 d. ago Cleland Hospital praised by care inspectors following recent visit

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has published a report relating to a safe delivery of care inspection visit to the hospital.

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9 d. ago Wife who 'assisted' husband's Dignitas suicide in Switzerland says it was 'beautiful death'

A wife said her husband told her he wanted to die with grace in Dignitas instead of unable to move on a bed

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1 week ago Brazil's Bolsonaro shares recovery footage from intensive care after 12

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains in intensive care in hospital after a bowel surgery

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1 week ago Warwick Davis' wife Samantha died 'just hours before she was due to be discharged from hospital': Coroner rules on standard of her care

The 53-year-old actress passed away in the early hours of 24 March last year at London's University College Hospital, after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest the night before.

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1 week ago Eddie Howe to miss further Newcastle games after pneumonia diagnosis

Manager pays tribute to NHS for ‘specialist care’Howe watched win over Manchester United from hospitalEddie Howe remains in hospital on Tyneside but is said to be on the road to recovery after being diagnosed with pneumonia.The Newcastle manager was admitted late on Friday night and, as he underwent a series of tests over the weekend, anxious club officials offered no updates regarding his condition. That changed on Monday afternoon when they released a statement announcing his diagnosis and including a message from Howe thanking medical staff for their care and the wider football community for their good wishes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israeli air strike destroys part of 'last fully functional hospital' in Gaza

Witnesses said the strike caused major damage to the intensive care and surgery departments of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital - with video online showing huge flames after missiles hit the two-storey building

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2 w. ago Heartbreak as parents of terminally ill toddler who's spent entire life in hospital refuse to take him off life

Dezeioun Crudup Jr has spent the entire agonizing 27 months of his life in intensive care at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, with no prospect of recovery - but his parents won't let him go.

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2 w. ago Staff at Paisley hospital reveal concerns of getting appropriate and timely care

In a survey carried out by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), staff were asked how often patients receive appropriate and timely care.

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2 w. ago Patients not receiving ‘timely care’ in hospital, ambulance workers say

Unison said a survey of almost 600 ambulance staff across the UK painted a ‘grim picture’.

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2 w. ago Ambulance staff say patients are dying in their care due to hospital handover delays

UNISON surveyed nearly 600 road ambulance staff in the UK, with one in 20 (4.7%) saying patients had died in their care in the previous 12 months because of delays in being handed over to hospital.

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3 w. ago Italian director Nanni Moretti in intensive care after heart attack

The 71-year-old director of Dear Diary and The Son’s Room underwent surgery in Rome and is said to be in a stable conditionItalian film director Nanni Moretti is in intensive care at a Rome hospital after suffering a heart attack, according to local media reports.The 71-year-old director, actor and screenwriter – best known outside Italy for 1993’s Caro Diario (Dear Diary) and 2001’s The Son’s Room – was taken to hospital on Wednesday afternoon. He underwent surgery and is in intensive care, with Italian news agency Ansa reporting that he is in a stable condition. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Parents of baby overdosed on paracetamol take him home from hospital over concerns for his care

The tot spent two weeks fighting for his life after he was given 10 times the recommended dose of paracetamol.

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