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NHS FIGURES SHOW SHARP RISE IN PATIENTS WAITING FOR A&E CARE
A total of 95,392 patients arrived by ambulance at hospital emergency departments in England last week... READ MORE›
EMPLOYEE SUSPENDED AS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KERRY CONDUCTS REVIEW OF OVER 46,000 FILES
The South SouthWest Group, which covers University Hospital Kerry, confirmed to RTE in a statement that it is investigating patient safety concerns at the hospital... READ MORE›
HOW ONE DOCTOR IN KERRY SPARKED RECALL OF 46,000 SCANS
Patients at the centre of the probe are from the hospital's catchment area including Kerry, North Cork and Limerick... READ MORE›
NHS EXPLORES APPS FOR CARE IN A DIGITAL AGE
The task at the NHS Ideas Lab hackathon was to find 21st-century solutions to problems facing patients, doctors and the NHS... READ MORE›
NHS ENGLAND ACCUSED OF HIDING HOSPITALS' WINTER CRISIS ALERT FIGURES
The change in policy emerged on Thursday when NHS England issued the first set of weekly figures showing how hospitals are performing this winter... READ MORE›
PATIENTS WAITING AT LEAST AN HOUR IN AMBULANCES DOUBLE IN TWO YEARS
The next biggest rises were recorded by Yorkshire ambulance service and then North West ambulance service... READ MORE›
CHINA'S 'BAREFOOT' AFRICAN DOCTOR TO TAKE TCM TO AFRICA[1]
He would tell me, a doctor's job is to love his patients and serve his community... READ MORE›
VISITING RESTRICTIONS AT DUMONT HOSPITAL'S ONCOLOGY UNIT LIFTED AFTER GASTRO OUTBREAK
Anyone with gastroenteritis symptoms is asked to avoid visiting the hospital until at least 48 hours after their symptoms have subsided... READ MORE›
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'IT WAS MANIC': PATIENTS DESCRIBE MELTDOWN AT WORCESTERSHIRE HOSPITAL
Senior doctor calls health service 'broken' after deaths of two patients left to wait on trolleys at Worcestershire Royal hospital... READ MORE›
NHS ACCUSED OF COVERING UP HUGE DATA LOSS THAT PUT THOUSANDS AT RISK
NHS England has quietly launched an inquiry to discover how many patients have been affected... READ MORE›
NHS NURSES ARE TOO BUSY TO CARE FOR PATIENTS PROPERLY, RESEARCH SHOWS
Survey of 30,000 nurses finds 53 percent fear quality of care is suffering, and some patients are being left to die alone... READ MORE›
'MY FRAIL MUM WAS FORCED TO WAIT ON THE FLOOR FOR EIGHT HOURS'
The NHS staff there were working flat out to deal with the patients around them... READ MORE›
40% OF HOSPITALS ISSUE ALERT IN FIRST WEEK OF NEW YEAR
It sets out what steps trusts should take to manage the large numbers of patients... READ MORE›
'LETHAL FAILURES' LED TO BABY DEATHS
Into Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust found 20 major failures in care from 2004 to 2013 at Furness General Hospital... READ MORE›
NHS TRANSFORMATION PLANS MAY BE USED AS COVER FOR CUTS, SAYS BMA
Dr Mark Porter, the BMA council chair, said Improving patient care must be the number one priority for these plans... READ MORE›
JEREMY HUNT ORDERS YEARLY STUDY OF 'AVOIDABLE' HOSPITAL DEATHS
The independent health secretary jeremy hunt orders annual review of avoidable deaths in nhs hospitals 2 hrs ago... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS POTENTIALLY HARMED BY UNDELIVERED NHS MAIL
Of the 1,788 patients who may have been harmed as a result, 333 have since died... READ MORE›
A&E WAITING TIMES IN ENGLAND IMPROVE
The target is being missed in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales - with the latter seeing the worst waits since the current way of measuring it began in 2009... READ MORE›
KUNDUZ HOSPITAL ATTACK: HOW A US MILITARY MISTAKE LEFT 22 DEAD
There were 80 staff and 105 patients in the hospital buildings at the start of the attack, which lasted from 2.08am to 3.15am... READ MORE›
20 HOSPITALS DECLARE BLACK ALERT AS PATIENT SAFETY NO LONGER ASSURED
Nhs crisis 20 hospitals declare black alert as patient safety no longer assured... READ MORE›
HOSPITALS 'DANGEROUSLY FULL' DURING WINTER CRISIS, SAYS THINKTANK
Dr Tracey Batten quit on Thursday as chief executive of Imperial College healthcare NHS trust, which runs five hospitals in central and west London... READ MORE›
IS AN NHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL NEAR YOU BEING CLOSED OR DOWNGRADED?
In Devon, for example, hundreds of protesters marched in Paignton in February calling for a referendum on plans to close four community hospitals... READ MORE›
NHS ENGLAND CHIEF BRINGS IN NEW RULES ON WARD BED CLOSURES
Stevens is introducing tough rules for hospitals concerning bed closures from April to ensure that patient care does not suffer... READ MORE›
185,000 CASES A YEAR OF WHICH 70,000 ARE PREVENTABLE
The hospital's response was too little, too late, Rebecca said... READ MORE›
SPANISH RED CROSS PHYSIOTHERAPIST KILLED IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN
The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that the staff member had been killed in its orthopedic center in Mazar-i-Sharif... READ MORE›
PATIENTS STRUGGLING TO GET GP APPOINTMENTS, WATCHDOG FINDS
Such delays affect patient care and stop paramedics getting back on the road to attend to other patients, MPs said... READ MORE›
PRIVATE HEALTHCARE FIRM SIGNS UBER DEAL FOR CARERS AND PATIENTS
In a separate deal, Cera is to provide on-the-go care to patients of several NHS hospitals, covering five million people... READ MORE›
NHS CUTS PUTTING PATIENT SAFETY AT RISK, TUC WARNS
The report cites long waits for treatment, the greater rationing of care and patients trapped in hospitals despite being fit to leave... READ MORE›
ALL FOUR SUSPECTED EBOLA CASES IN SPAIN TEST NEGATIVE FOR THE DISEASE
He was brought to Madrid's Carlos III hospital, the designated centre for treating Ebola patients in the city... READ MORE›
HOSPITAL FIRE KILLS 11 PREMATURE BABIES IN IRAQ
At least 11 premature babies have been killed in a fire at a hospital in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say... READ MORE›
WHO MAY DIE CALIFORNIA PATIENTS AND DOCTORS WRESTLE WITH ASSISTED SUICIDE
Patients must make multiple requests for the medication and have a prognosis of less than six months to live... READ MORE›
GP ACCESS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BY 2020 GUARANTEED UNDER TORIES CAMERON
Focus groups repeatedly indicate that a named GP and weekend access to GPs is one of the most popular demands for patient care outside hospital... READ MORE›
THE DEADLY PLAGUE AMERICAN HOSPITALS REFUSE TO FACE
If two patients come into the hospital with the same diagnosis, the one who gets C. diff is four times more likely to die... READ MORE›
CCTV: RUSSIAN DOCTOR PUNCHES PATIENT WHO LATER DIES
Russian media named the doctor as Ilya Zelendinov, a surgeon at the hospital, and the patient as 56-year-old Yevgeny Bakhtin... READ MORE›
NURSES GIVE HEALTH CHIEFS END-OF-MONTH DEADLINE TO END STAFF SHORTAGES
The worst overcrowding was in Letterkenny General Hospital, with 38 people waiting for a bed, followed by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, which had 32 patients waiting... READ MORE›
HOSPITAL RAKES IN EUR8,000 A DAY FROM CAR-PARKING CHARGES
It inspired Senan to become a volunteer driver to take patients to and from hospital under the Irish Cancer Society's free Care to Drive scheme... READ MORE›
'ANY COMPANY WILL DO': QUEBEC DOCTORS USE LOOPHOLE TO SIDESTEP NEW LAW BANNING EXTRA FEES
But RAMQ's spokesperson said, in general, doctors aren't allowed to tell patients to find any registered company and ask them to be billed for services provided... READ MORE›
NHS EMERGENCY CARE ON WOBBLY LEGS
Ambulance crew bring a new patient to an NHS A E ward... READ MORE›