10 h. ago Swinney must be honest on NHS as corridor care in hospitals becomes 'normal practice'

Record View says the First Minister needs to be honest about the scale of the challenges the health service faces.

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14 h. ago NHS 'failing our most vulnerable' as elderly more likely to wait longer in A&E

A&Es have seen a surge in elderly patients waiting more than 12 hours since the NHS was forced to normalise 'corridor care' to get ambulances back on the road

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4 d. ago Warning over surge in terrifying bug that kills up to one in five people it infects

Health officials said the number of cases had reached the highest level seen in over a decade and overwhelmed NHS staff having to treat patients in corridors could be to blame.

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5 d. ago Family of boy 9, who died after 'gross failure of basic care finally receive hospital apology: 'We have had to fight for answers'

Dylan Cope, from Newport, died on December 14, 2022, just eight days after he was sent home from hospital with a perforated appendix

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5 d. ago MP issues statement after Greater Manchester hospital ordered to make 'rapid' improvements in warning

Royal Oldham Hospital has been handed a 'corridor care' warning by the UK health watchdog

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6 d. ago Greater Manchester hospital issued watchdog warning over 'corridor care'

The inspection was prompted by ‘information of concern’

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7 d. ago Air ambulance providing 'advanced critical care' flew patient to hospital after house fire

Seven people have been hospitalised after a fire in a residential property in Cardiff

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7 d. ago My mum died in A&E last month – and the place was like a war zone | Zoe Williams

Amid the debate about trans people on hospital wards we have lost sight of dignity, respect and the horrifying reality of a health service in meltdownAnother morning, another absolutely bananas conversation about transgender people, without any trans people involved, following the supreme court ruling that permits the exclusion from single-sex spaces of anyone not born into that sex. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Emma Barnett was asking care minister Stephen Kinnock about wards in hospitals, and came out with the immortal line: “Do you think it’s right for trans people to be segregated from other patients, as an interim measure, or for the future?”Great save, that “for the future” – because if you’re going to interpret this ruling as a requirement to exclude trans people, what does that mean in practice? Trans women on men’s wards, trans men on women’s wards? This delivers dignity and respect to precisely no one; so, sure, “segregate” away, and it would have to be for ever, beca...

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago NHS hospitals giving 'corridor patients' vanity packs with ear plugs and eye masks to make chaotic stays 'comfortable'

A 42-year-old woman detailed how she was given the airline-style care packages during a two-day long ordeal where she was cared for on a bed in an NHS hospital corridor.

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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 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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4 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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