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Government needs to 'get with it' and use TikTok and Instagram to give out health advice because young people don't read NHS leaflets, says Women's Health Ambassador

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Professor Dame Lesley Regan warned it is vital advice is shared via social media to inform young women, girls and boys about issues like unusually heavy periods.

Agency charging NHS nearly £2,000 for nurse shift

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A leading NHS boss says firms are deliberately targeting areas where nurses are in short supply.

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NH pushes for residents to get REAL IDs

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New Hampshire officials have launched a year-long education campaign encouraging residents to get REAL ID-compliant identification.

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Patients “forced to wait for treatment” as key NHS targets missed

New figures from the House of Commons Library show that the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust last hit its target - to treat patients within 18 weeks – in November 2019. The NHS Constitution says that patients should wait no longer than 18…

Waiting times targets have been missed every single month since the last election by most NHS Trusts

Stephen Morgan MP has shared his concern following the news that Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is one of two thirds of NHS trusts that have failed to hit their...

MP says changes to NHS Constitution will ‘empower patients’ with second opinions and biological sex

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed proposed changes to the NHS Constitution, which he says will ‘empower patients’. The changes include making it easier for families of patients with a deteriorating condition to request a second…

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The REAL reason no one should have to pay for their prescriptions - and it could save the NHS millions...

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It was called as 'a dark day' for patients... which could seem a slightly, erm, dramatic way to describe a 25p increase in prescription charges.

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Children given trigger foods to treat serious allergies as parents hail 'miracle' NHS trial

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Parents of a girl who died after an allergic reaction to a Pret baguette hail ‘first step to make food allergies history’

Chronic underfunding, broken equipment and asbestos in the ceilings: this is the NHS in 2024 | Parth Patel

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Why are more medics treating the same number of patients as before the pandemic? Because the tools we’re using are ancient

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'A miracle': Children given trigger foods to treat serious allergies in NHS trial

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Children taking part in a "life-transforming" clinical trial have been enjoying foods which would have previously triggered severe allergic reactions, doctors have said.

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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust commits to enhanced care for those nearing the end of life

New specialist volunteers will be part of the new SWAN Model of Care being launched at the trust, which runs Stepping Hill Hospital and community NHS services in Stockport.

Singer who raised thousands for NHS during lockdown killed in pub attack

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Tributes have poured in for 'local hero' Robert Hiscoe.

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Monklands Hospital achieves Scottish NHS first with rollout of Patientrack hi-tech system to flag how sick patients are

As part of the digital planning for the area's new state-of-the-art hospital, the technology has been tested for the first time in a Scottish emergency department by staff at the Airdrie hospital.

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NHS trial uses daily doses of food allergens to tackle severe reactions

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‘Life-transforming’ trial giving children and young people with milk or peanut allergy small doses to train their bodies to tolerate it

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Quangos Scotland: Merry-go-round of non-executive directors on quango boards - Scottish Police Authority, Scottish Water, NHS Forth Valley

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The Scotsman’s series on quangos looks at the figures helming the boards – and how much they are paid

Staff shortages stop 1.4 million NHS operations each year, top doctors warn

Doctors fear NHS staffing gaps will be plugged by workers without medical training

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MICK HUME: From a crackdown on gender neutral toilets to the NHS (and Starmer) doing a U-turn on trans, a wave of common sense is - for now - sweeping Britain

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All hail the anti-woke revolution! The backlash against 'progressive' diktats, imposed trans ideology and politically-correct language is gathering pace, from hospitals to public loos.

Singer Robert Hiscoe, 37, who raised thousands for NHS during Covid is killed in Leeds pub attack

A SINGER who raised thousands of pounds for the NHS during Covid has been killed in a pub attack in Leeds.