6 h. ago NHS worker who sexually assaulted two patients at Welsh hospital to be sentenced

Ieuan Crump, 27, sexually assaulted his victims while working as a a trainee health worker at the Grange Hospital in Cwmbran

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17 h. ago Safety worries at Welsh hospital where patients 'treated in corridors'

It was one of a number of issues identified during an unannounced inspection of the hospital's emergency department earlier this year

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67 h. ago Major new dentistry plan vows to ‘end the postcode lottery’ for treatment

Dentists across England will receive increased payments for providing urgent patient treatment under new government reforms designed to enhance access to care.

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67 h. ago Dentist patients set to save £225 on the NHS due to major reforms

New dentist reforms could see patients save more than £200 by offering urgent treatment on the NHS

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69 h. ago Trump staffers celebrated slashing USAID with cake despite concerns cuts would lead to millions of deaths

Days after news of the cuts to funding, a critical clinic treating patients with cholera in South Sudan closed

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3 d. ago People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds

Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch EnglandPeople needing emergency dental care in England are being denied help from the NHS despite guidance saying that it should be available, in some cases resorting to risky self-treatment such as pulling out their own teeth, the patient watchdog has found.Patients who experience a sudden dental crisis such as a broken tooth, abscess or severe tooth pain are meant to be able to get help from their dentist or by calling NHS 111. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ian Rush health latest after Wales legend rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care

Welsh football legend Ian Rush had to be taken to hospital and spent time in intensive care after experiencing breathing troubles

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5 d. ago Psychedelic treatments show promise for OCD while cannabis doesn’t, review finds

Psychiatry professor theorizes that the difference is related to how the substances interact with areas of the brainA recent review of alternative treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) indicates that psychedelic treatments show promise for the disorder while cannabis does not.Dr Michael Van Ameringen, a psychiatry professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and lead author of the review published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, said that 40-60 % of OCD patients get either partial or no relief with available treatments, including SSRIs and exposure and response prevention therapy. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Person taken to hospital in critical condition after police incident shuts Welsh high street

Emergency services, including Wales Air Ambulance, have been reported to have attended the scene

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6 d. ago Patients being 'treated in cupboards' as NHS hospitals ravaged by 'superflu'

Doctors are warning people to get their vaccine as a "last chance" to provide protection from the flu as hospitals struggle to cope with a staggering rise in cases of the disease

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6 d. ago NHS hospital data tracker: Search tool reveals how many patients are waiting for treatment at YOUR trust, as well as A&E delays and ambulance response times

The Daily Mail's postcode search tool - hailed by NHS insiders and leading experts - utilises monthly performance figures to showcase how your hospital is faring.

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7 d. ago Top nurse leader warns super flu ‘could soon overwhelm A&Es’

Boss of Britain’s nursing trade union warns NHS nurses are 'deeply worried how they will maintain the safety and dignity of patients’ amid super flu surge

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7 d. ago Breast cancer blood test breakthrough could ‘transform’ survival chances in Britain

British scientists have developed a pioneering blood test to boost survival chances by quickly identifying breast cancer types so patients can quickly be put on the best treatment

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7 d. ago New analysis exposes ‘silent crisis’ impacting one in three women

Experts say thousands of patients could be treated earlier in the community rather than in hospital

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7 d. ago Innovative new cancer treatment hailed as an ‘extraordinary achievement’

In early studies, some patients with no remaining treatment options achieved deep remissions

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8 d. ago Scale of A&E crisis laid bare as one in five patients treated in corridors or waiting rooms

Patients are being forced to wait two days for a bed as corridor care become ‘endemic’

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8 d. ago Almost one in five A&E patients cared for in corridors – worst time of the week and map revealed

NHS A&E patients now have a one in five chance of being treated in a corridor or waiting room, a “shameful” study reveals. Data from 165 emergency departments across the UK show the areas and time of the week where your risk of “corridor care” is highest. Across Britain an estimated 18 per cent of...

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8 d. ago A&E alert as medics warn ‘this winter we will see NHS gridlock’

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has found almost one in five A&E patients were being treated in inappropriate spaces as NHS ‘corridor care’ crisis continues to get worse

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9 d. ago Doctor is fired for saying the only treatment that would help clinically obese patient was 'Auschwitz'

Employees said the physician remarked: 'Only more Auschwitz would help here', referring to the patient.

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9 d. ago Interactive map reveals how many patients with mutant flu are currently being treated in YOUR local hospital

The number of hospital beds in England occupied by infected patients is already higher than ever for this time of year with 'no peak in sight', officials have warned.

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