8 h. ago Family claims their toddler died after hospital staff misread medication: suit

De’Markus Page was brought to the University of Florida Health, Shands Children's Hospital, where his parents say the medical staff botched his medicine

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15 h. ago Surgical patients left in agony amid staffing crisis at one of the UK’s biggest NHS trusts

Exclusive: Surgical staff at a major hospital have reported feeling burnt out and overwhelmed, while others have claimed that staffing levels are unsafe

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32 h. ago Scots psychiatric hospital staff found 'focussing' on their mobile phones rather than patients

Staff at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital were “focusing” on their mobile phones rather than monitoring patients being cared for in “non-standard” areas because of pressure on beds.

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62 h. ago 'Vulnerable' NHS patients threatened with GP surgery 'removal' as new warning issued

The NHS has issued an important alert warning patients about a new scam involving fake phone calls. The public is being urged to stay alert or risk falling victim to the fraud

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3 d. ago Mother of woman, 22, who took her own life on hospital ward hits out at staff's 'indifference, ignorance and at times cruelty' as trust is fined £565,000

Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life in a mental health unit at Goodmayes Hospital, Redbridge, after more than 10 similar attempts.

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4 d. ago Huntingdon train stabbings hero staff member 'wakes up' in hospital after saving passengers

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7 d. ago Hospital trust suspends home birth service after staff raise safety concerns

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is suspending the service for two weeks.

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9 d. ago Woman, 25, dies after crash involving five vehicles which injured two people

A WOMAN has tragically died after a horror multi-vehicle crash which left two people injured. Jade Anthony, 25, suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision on the A303 near Amesbury, Wiltshire. Jade, from Buckingham, sadly later died in hospital despite the best efforts of medical staff. The horror collision, which involved five vehicles, happened on the...

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1 week ago Pictured: Brave rail worker left fighting for his life after he stepped forward to protect passengers during Huntingdon knife rampage

London North Eastern Railway has paid tribute to its staff member Samir Zitouni who remains in hospital following the mass stabbings on board a train on Saturday.

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1 week ago 'Hero' train worker fighting for life after 'saving many lives' in mass stabbing

British Transport Police said five people have been discharged from hospital and one - a member of LNER rail staff who was on the train - remains in a life-threatening condition

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2 w. ago A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher

Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international actionHundreds of patients and staff massacred at a hospital; unarmed men of fighting age separated and shot at close range; civilians trying to flee stripped of their belongings and extorted for ransom; perpetrators filming much of the violence themselves.The reports of atrocities that have emerged from the Sudanese city of El Fasher since it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces last weekend follow a familiar pattern. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hundreds screened for possible heart conditions at Ayrshire event

A team of experienced medical and nursing staff provided free screening at Girvan Community Hospital.

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2 w. ago Maternity hospital massacre leaves 460 dead: Fresh horror in Sudan as patients and staff are butchered, after 2,000 civilians were executed in two days

The WHO said the hospital in El Fasher, the city's last remaining hospital, was on Sunday 'attacked for the fourth time in a month, killing one nurse and injuring three other health workers'.

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2 w. ago Hundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mounts

Rapid Support Forces, which claimed control of El Fasher on Sunday, reportedly killed at least 460 people ‘in cold blood’Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher, according to the World Health Organization and the Sudan Doctors Network, after the paramilitary group claimed control of the city on Sunday.The WHO secretary general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was “appalled and deeply shocked” at reports that more than 460 people had been killed at the Saudi maternity hospital, without assigning blame, in a post on X. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago NHS random blood testing in A&Es uncovers shocking numbers with undiagnosed HIV

NHS staff started testing people who turned up in scores of hospital casualty departments and had to tell thousands that they’re living with a deadly disease

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3 w. ago 'How do you ever make sense of such a wicked act?': Family's heartbreak over stranger who murdered grandmother, 74, at random as she walked home

Lorna England, 74, was murdered by Cameron Davis in Exeter in February 2023, after he told hospital staff that he would 'kill a random' person if he was not sectioned.

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3 w. ago Family's heartbreaking tribute to 'lovely' grandmother, 74, who was stabbed to death by stranger as she walked home from Lidl to 'get her 10,000 steps in'

Lorna England, 74, was murdered by Cameron Davis in Exeter in February 2023, after he told hospital staff that he would 'kill a random' person if he was not sectioned.

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3 w. ago Mum who broke records when she gave birth to 12lb 14oz baby didn’t think she’d survive pregnancy when son kept growing

A MUM who broke records when she gave birth to an almost 13-pound baby has admitted she "didn't think I'd survive" the pregnancy. Shelby Martin welcomed son Cassian into the world via Caesarean section in July, with hospital staff "collectively gasping" when he came out. Now, opening up about the birth for the first time,...

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3 w. ago Student nurse, 22, who took her own life was 'neglected' and 'failed' by hospital staff, coroner says

Zak Golombeck said Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust (GMMH) had neglected to provide basic medical care to Cerys Lupton-Jones.

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4 w. ago Man fighting for his life after car collides with building in Edinburgh street

Hospital staff have described the 20-year-old's condition as critical.

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