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Saturday, Apr 20

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Fury as NHS trust likens patients worried about sharing loos with opposite sex to racists

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BOSSES at an NHS trust have likened patients who object to sharing loos with people of the opposite sex to racists.

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Hilary Cass warned of threats to safety after ‘vile’ abuse over NHS gender services review

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The paediatrician, who has been advised to stop using public transport, describes ‘straight disinformation’ about report

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Family say teenager Christie Harnett was failed on 'colossal scale' as NHS trust fined £200k

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust has been fined £200,000 over failings that led to the deaths of Christie Harnett and another woman.

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People in Wales need to lose weight to help cut NHS waiting lists, says health minister

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Health system could become 'unsustainable' if people do not lead healthier lives, says Eluned Morgan

NHS reminds those eligible to get Covid jab with over 700,000 booked in first week

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More than 700,000 eligible individuals have booked an appointment to get their spring Covid-19 vaccine since the National Booking System opened on Monday (15 April). The NHS is encouraging everyone eligible to book a slot to get vaccinated…

London Marathon 2024: The 79 world record attempts from fridge carrying to NHS heroes

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Guinness World Records will have judges at the finish line to ratify attempts that include a critical care paramedic in full kit and the first woman to carry a fridge on her back for 26.2 miles

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NHS trust fined £200,000 after teenage girl took her own life

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Christie was “such a happy child” who dreamed of becoming a singer

NHS trust fined £200,000 after teenage girl took her own life

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Christie was “such a happy child” who dreamed of becoming a singer

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Gloucestershire veterans reflect on mental health challenges as NHS service expands

We hear from two veterans as more than half find it hard to speak up

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Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients face 28-day wait for CT and MRI results, data suggests

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The Royal College of Radiologists examined data published by NHS England. Some 344,960 CT, MRI and other complex scan results were reported after 28 days in 2023.

Former N.H. youth center resident describes difficult aftermath of abuse

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David Meehan, who spent three years at the Youth Development Center in the late 1990s, went to police in 2017 and sued the state three years later.

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18-year-old turns self in to NH police on hate-motivated graffiti charges

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Loren Faulkner, 18, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has turned himself in to police on 31 counts of criminal mischief and hate-motivated criminal mischief.

Friday, Apr 19

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Girl, 17, who took her life in hospital was 'failed by the place supposed to keep her safe' - as scandal-hit NHS mental health trust is fined £200,000 following the deaths of two patients

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Christie Harnett, 17, died after being found unconscious in a bathroom at the Newberry Centre at West Lane Hospital, Middlesbrough, in June 2019.

Our mum was a devoted nurse for three decades, but when she needed the NHS the most, medics let her die because they confused her notes with a 90-year-old man's, which said Do Not Resuscitate

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When she did need the NHS last year, aged 73, Pat Dawson was full of apologies to the kind and capable paramedics who arrived at her home in Rawtenstall, Lancashire. She was weak and in pain.

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Housebound mum-of-two could die due to rare illness - and NHS staff have 'no idea what it is'

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Janine Merryweather lives with super-rare Addison's disease which affects her hormone system, often causing her to collapse. But most NHS workers haven't even heard of the deadly illness

NHS mental health trust is fined £200,000 after two teenage girls took their own lives

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Christie Harnett (pictured), 17, and a young mother identified as Patient X, both took their own lives while under the care of Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust.

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Smoking ban will save NHS and stop it ‘swallowing economy’, says David Davis

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As published in the Telegraph Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban will save the NHS and prevent it from swallowing “the entire economy”, a former cabinet minister has said. Sir David Davis, a civil liberties campaigner, said the proposals – opposed…

NHS encourages people to donate plasma which could be used to treat 50 diseases

Richard attended the Plasma Awareness Parliamentary Event last month, hosted by NHS Blood and Transplant with Societi – The UK Kawasaki Disease Foundation and Immunodeficiency UK. He is supporting the Plasma Donation Campaign which runs…

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Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients ‘wait more than 28 days for scan results’

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Some 344,960 CT, MRI and other complex scans were not reported back within 28 days, data for 2023 suggests.