6 h. ago Suicides and attempts fall in health systems implementing the 'Zero Suicide Model,' study finds

A new study suggests that health care systems can reduce suicides through patient screening, safety planning and mental health counseling

Events

8 h. ago Seven people taken to hospital and homes evacuated after flat fire

Two further patients were treated at the scene.

Events

9 h. 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.

Politics

9 h. ago Seven people taken to hospital and homes evacuated after late

Two further patients were treated at the scene.

Politics

10 h. ago UKHSA investigation after patient found to have Clade Ib mpox with no links to confirmed cases

A new case of mpox has been discovered in the UK but the patient has not travelled or any reported links with previously confirmed cases in the country

Economics

18 h. ago I fix botched plastic surgeries for a living... here are the common procedures you should never get

Dr Timothy Katzen has handled hundreds of patients over his more than 25 years of practice, including a number who had 'botched' procedures.

Politics

20 h. ago 3 of 6 people aboard an ambulance helicopter have died after it crashed in southwestern Japan

The Japan coast guard says a medical transport helicopter carrying a patient fell into the sea in southwestern Japan, leaving three of the six people aboard dead

Events

21 h. ago Missed and delayed medication putting A&E patients at risk, new report reveals

68 per cent of prescription doses were not administered within 30 minutes of the expected time, the study found

Science

22 h. ago A&E patients at risk of death over missed medication with 70% getting their drugs late

More than half of patients with time sensitive medications are not being identified and marked as needing their drugs on time within 30 minutes of coming into A&E, the survey claims

Events

22 h. ago Patients in A&E ‘risk getting worse because of missed medicine doses’

Time critical medicines are those prescribed for existing conditions, such as insulin for diabetes, Parkinson’s drugs and epilepsy medication.

Science

24 h. ago NHS doctors taught how to 'change' transgender patients' registered sex on public records

Senior doctors at the adult gender identity clinic at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust carried out a briefing session for GPs and clinical staff on the matter.

Science

32 h. ago Paramedics 'watching people die' as ambulances cannot hand them over to A&E wards quick enough

A survey of ambulance staff across the UK revealed a "grim picture" of patients waiting hours in the back of ambulances.

Events

37 h. 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’.

Science

46 h. ago Waiting times slashed for 80,000 cancer patients after Labour's NHS cash boost

The Government invested a record £26 billion in the health service in last year’s budget, to help it recover from the pandemic and drive down waiting times

Science

46 h. ago Hospitals have written off more than £250 MILLION owed by foreign patients... because of failures to check they were entitled to NHS treatment

Escalating debts from health tourists - who have had everything from spinal surgery to heart care and cancer treatment - is creating a growing black hole in NHS finances.

Economics

47 h. ago 'I am expected to tolerate racism, deny biological reality and suppress my deeply held Christian beliefs': Nurse who called transgender paedophile 'Mr' is suspended after investigation

Jennifer Melle, 40, was previously investigated and disciplined by NHS bosses despite being called the N-word three times by the patient, a convicted sex offender

Events

56 h. 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.

Science

57 h. ago What happened when shamed doctor was confronted on his doorstep

Dr Daman Sharma, a tribunal heard, groomed and sexually harassed patients and workmates for more than a decade was 'given the benefit of the doubt at every stage of his career

Politics

57 h. ago Modernised NHS app could lead to better and faster care for patients – Streeting

The comments come as a 10-year-plan for the health service is being developed, as ministers look to overhaul and reshape the NHS.

Science

2 d. ago HALF of all sick notes are handed out without the patient seeing a doctor, damning government study reveals

The bombshell study also reveals that more than a third (39 per cent) of recipients said it is easy to get one even 'when not really needed'.

Science