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Sunday, May 5

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NHS Scotland patient safety ‘at risk’ after 823 errors recorded last year

PATIENT safety is at risk amid a massive rise in serious clinical blunders in Scotland’s NHS, critics claimed.

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NHS blunder as £14m helipad still can't be used six years after opening day

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The opening of the landing platform at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton has been repeatedly delayed over safety fears.

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Mum's desperate pleas for boy being forced to wait almost a YEAR for NHS help after sudden alopecia means he's lost 80% of his hair

The six-year-old's mum has already spent £4,500 on private treatment to try and help her son

NHS lists the 11 most common and 'worrying' signs of cancer including skin changes

The number of cancer diagnoses in the UK is still increasing so doctors have urged people to be clued up on all the symptoms of the disease.

'Toxic NHS bullying traumatised me so much I moved abroad - I couldn't eat or sleep'

"There were people who were extremely supportive towards me, but there were also people who were the complete opposite. I was counting down the days until I could finish"

'I quit the NHS to be a sex worker. Why can't I have a bank account?'

'I went to use my card in Asda and it was frozen - I got that sinking feeling thinking, they've done it again'

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On benefits, support into work and the NHS – the Tories have failed people in Newcastle who are disabled or in ill health

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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) There are 4,500 people in Newcastle Central who are out of the workforce and economically inactive due to disability or ill health. The Government have failed them when it comes to the…

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Ashfield man banned from making 999 calls after costing NHS £30,000

Stephen Deville also assaulted two healthcare workers

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Can you afford to skip NHS waiting lists and go private? Here's what you'll pay

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As the NHS waiting lists stretch ever longer, growing numbers are beating the queues by paying for private medical insurance instead.

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Jane McDonald says her gigs are therapy and 'better than NHS' after heartache over fiancé

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Cruise ship singing sensation Jane McDonald says her tours are like therapy, both for herself and for audience, following the death of her fiancé Eddie Rothe.

Cancer symptoms: NHS lists 11 most common 'worrying' signs - including skin changes

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The number of cancer cases in the UK is increasing so doctors say it is more and more important to be clued up on all the symptoms but finding the issue early makes it more treatable

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Bolton NHS shines a spotlight on the work of midwives

Midwives in Bolton are sharing their pride about the privilege of being able to care for thousands of babies and families every year

Dan Poulter’s defection won’t fix an unequal NHS | Letters

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The health service took a turn for the worse under David Cameron and Keir Starmer has said nothing of improving the nurses’ lot

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A foreign government is trying to recruit nurses and doctors from Wales by saying how tough the Welsh NHS is

Adverts have appeared in Wales that attack poor working conditions in the Welsh NHS

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NHS problems leave new doctors without jobs

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The NHS needs more doctors so why have some medical students been left in limbo waiting for a job?

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Outrage over key NHS staff boasting online of working from bed and how 'cool' it is to see 'blood and gore'

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Key NHS staff called physician associates have sparked outrage by posting 'inappropriate' and 'unprofessional' videos on social media.

Former Covid jab tsar tells NHS to launch experimental cancer vaccine trials with pioneering technology that trains the immune system how to hunt malignant cells

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Dame Kate said that the experimental technology - which trains the immune system to hunt out cancer cells - will be 'ultimately how we are going to treat this terrible disease'.

Blood cancer sufferers to be offered pioneering new immunity drugs as 'standard care' on NHS following trial success with patients who did not respond to other drugs

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Watchdogs last week gave the green light for pembrolizumab after studies suggested patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma on it lived longer than those given radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

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N.H. moves to tighten rules on name changes for violent felons

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Such name changes raise complicated questions about someone’s right to move on with their lives after paying for their crimes.