A?300M MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOLS IS INADEQUATE, SAYS LABOUR

Labour is committed to ringfencing funding for child and adolescent mental health services CAMHS and ensuring there is a counselling service in every secondary school... READ MORE›

HEALTH SERVICE CANNOT CONTINUE IN RED ZONE PROVIDERS LEADER WARNS

Chris Hopson, speaking at the NHS Providers annual conference, said UK health spending was ?900 less per person than Germany... READ MORE›

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ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS

More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›

GOP TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN OBAMACARE REPEAL

Planned Parenthood is opposed by anti-abortion activists and most Republicans... READ MORE›

PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone -- Sweetie Sweetie had no choice... READ MORE›

PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone -- Sweetie Sweetie had no choice... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 600 HEALTH QUANGO CHIEFS ON SIX FIGURE SALARIES AMID CASH CRISIS

NHS England spent ?3.25m on communications in 2015 16, with 52 employees working in the role, compared with 36 in 2013 14, the figures show... READ MORE›

RURAL HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

The closings threaten to decimate a network of rural hospitals the federal government first established beginning in the late 1940s to ensure that no one would be without health care... READ MORE›

HEALTH CARE WORKER TESTS POSITIVE AT TEXAS HOSPITAL

On October 21, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC announced stringent new guidelines for healthcare personnel who may be dealing with Ebola patients... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY'S CLAIM ON NHS FUNDING NOT TRUE, SAY MPS

Andrew Lansley, the health secretary in the coalition government, recently called for the NHS to be given ?5bn more than the money already planned... READ MORE›

QUARTER OF A MILLION CHILDREN RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN ENGLAND

Data covering 60 percent of mental health trusts shows 11,849 boys and girls aged five and under among those getting help... READ MORE›

COUNSELLOR OVERBILLS $360K FOR CARE OF FIRST NATIONS PATIENTS

Health canada investigation of ontario counsellor treating indigenous patients finds massive overbilling... READ MORE›

ACT ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL ILL HEALTH OR RISK NATIONAL CRISIS, WARNS EXPERT

I describe mental health services as a car crash waiting to happen, Bailey said... 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›

NHS 'NEEDS EXTRA CASH AND OVERHAUL'

Nhs needs extra cash and overhaul say health bosses... READ MORE›

CARLETON PLACE HOSPITAL FACING OUTBREAK OF NOROVIRUS

An outbreak of norovirus has forced the Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital to close a section of its inpatient unit, the hospital says... READ MORE›

NHS SERVICES FACE 'IMPOSSIBLE' BUDGET CRISIS, HEALTH TRUSTS WARN

Frontline NHS services face mission impossible in meeting next year's targets, health trusts have said... READ MORE›

DOCTORS THREATEN TO BOYCOTT PLAN FOR PATIENTS TO SHOW ID AT HOSPITALS

Doctors have said they will boycott attempts to introduce identification checks as part of government plans to combat health tourism ... READ MORE›

NEW IMMIGRATION RULES WILL COST THE NHS MILLIONS, WARNS NURSING UNION

The UK will be sending away nurses who have contributed to the health service for six years... READ MORE›

HAVE YOU BEEN STUCK IN AN NHS HOSPITAL LONGER THAN YOU NEED TO BE?

The case of Iris Sibley, trapped in hospital for six months, highlights our social care crisis. Have you experienced something similar?... READ MORE›

HOSPITAL MISTAKES BLAMED FOR US TRANSMISSION

Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›

NEW 'DUTY OF CANDOUR' RULES INSTRUCT MEDICS TO ADMIT MISTAKES

Known as a duty of candour the guidelines make clear that patients should expect a face-to-face apology... READ MORE›

REVEALED: DOZENS OF CHILDREN STILL TREATED ON ADULT PSYCHIATRIC WARDS

Revealed dozens of children still treated on adult psychiatric wards... READ MORE›

COMPANIES CONTINUE CHIPPING AWAY AT HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS

The average health care rate increase for mid-sized and large companies was 3.2 percent this year, the lowest since the consulting firm Aon started tracking it in 1996... READ MORE›

3. KEEP PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OUT OF CUSTODY

With the general election looming, we asked the Centre for Mental Health a Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal charity what needs to change... READ MORE›

ALMOST 6,000 MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS SENT OUT OF AREA FOR CARE LAST YEAR

Ultimately, equality for mental health cannot be achieved when budgets are under such enormous pressure... READ MORE›

'UNTRAINED' HEALTHCARE ASSISTANTS 'PUT PATIENTS AT RISK'

Comments from healthcare assistants There's not enough training, and no time to train even if we wanted to... READ MORE›

JEREMY HUNT SAYS CHILD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE NHS'S BIGGEST FAILING

Hunt has pledged to improve the diagnosis and treatment of troubled children by NHS children and adolescent mental health services CAMHS ... READ MORE›

NURSING 457S ON THE DECLINE AS HEALTH SECTOR CHASES WORKFORCE RENEWAL

Hospitals have slashed the recruitment of nurses on 457 visas over the past three years, as the health sector ramps up its workforce renewal... 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›

FRENCH ANGER OVER 'NAZI STYLE' BADGES FOR HOMELESS

01 Dec 2014 You don't write their illnesses on their clothes... READ MORE›

CASH TO BOOST CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH NOT GETTING THROUGH, SAYS CHARITY

Money to improve struggling children's mental health services is often not reaching the NHS frontline despite soaring rates of self-harm among young people, new figures reveal... READ MORE›