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HOSPITAL DOCTORS WILL FIND NEW NHS ORDER ON CHECKUPS IMPOSSIBLE
Hospital bosses have ridiculed a new edict from the NHS which insists every inpatient should be medically assessed each morning and evening by a senior doctor... READ MORE›
NHS WINTER CRISIS: HOSPITAL 'FELT LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A WAR ZONE'
Senior doctors have taken the unprecedented move of writing to Theresa May, warning that winter pressures mean some patients are dying prematurely... READ MORE›
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FROM GUY'S MOUTH, DOC PULLS LONGEST TAPEWORM HE'S EVER SEEN
During a colonoscopy, doctors discovered a segment of a pork tapeworm, a common sign that a larger tapeworm is hiding elsewhere in the body... 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›
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›
'I DON'T WANT TO BE TREATED BY SOMEONE IN A HIJAB'
Tallaght Hospital cannot comment on individual patient cases due to patient confidentiality, they said... READ MORE›
CALL TO SNOOP ON ANTIBIOTIC SCRIPTS
The suggested rules say doctors should spend more time explaining why antibiotics are unsuitable for many patients... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PARIS CITIZENS QUEUE TO GIVE BLOOD TO WOUNDED AFTER TERROR ATTACKS
Hundreds of Paris citizens queue to give blood to wounded after terror attacks... 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›
DOCTORS CARING FOR DYING PATIENTS NEED MORE SUPPORT, BMA SAYS
British Medical Association's call comes as poll highlights impact treating patients at end of their life has on doctors... READ MORE›
SPANISH EBOLA CASE REQUIRES RAPID RESPONSE TO ALLAY WESTERN FEARS
Spanish health workers move Ebola patient Manuel Garcia Viejo into an ambulance on his arrival from Sierra Leone... 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›
ROYAL COLLEGE OF GPS WARN PROFESSION COULD REACH 'BREAKING POINT'
A survey of GPs for the report found that 39 percent think they are unlikely to be working in the profession in England in five years' time... 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›
UK JUNIOR DOCTORS MAY FOLLOW APRIL STRIKES WITH INDEFINITE WALKOUT
Junior doctors are considering indefinite walkout if next week's strikes do not force the health secretary to reopen talks over imposed contract, emails show... READ MORE›
DECADE-LONG WAIT FOR SURGERY 'RUINING HER LIFE,' ALBERTA WOMAN SAYS
The Health Quality Council of Alberta and Price are recommending an online patient portal, a way patients and doctors can track the process to get treatment... 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›
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›
'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›
IMAGE OF GRIEVING DOCTOR GAINS ENORMOUS RESPONSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
The man pictured was unable to save one of his patients, the image's poster wrote... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN DOCTOR FILMED PUNCHING PATIENT WHO LATER DIED
The footage, which was broadcast on state television and widely shared online, shows the violent incident at a hospital in Belgorod, 350 miles south-west of Moscow... READ MORE›
MANLY HOSPITAL CONDITIONS ARE 'THIRD WORLD', SAYS ONCOLOGIST MICHAEL COPEMAN
Oncologist Michael Copeman said people with cancer, delirium and dementia are being moved into a 100-year-old ward meant for orthopaedic patients at Manly Hospital... READ MORE›
FOUR PATIENTS DIED AFTER MISTAKES AT NORTH MIDDLESEX - REPORT
The north London hospital has admitted that mistakes and poor care contributed to the deaths of four unnamed patients, which occurred in 2014 and 2015, and apologised... READ MORE›
'OUR LINE IN THE SAND': ONTARIO DOCTORS REJECT GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED FEE DEAL
Ontario doctors have voted to reject a fee deal reached by the Ontario Medical Association and the province's Liberal government... READ MORE›
BEING A GENERALIST AND GATEKEEPER IS NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE FOR A GP
I had done two years of standard hospital posts before joining a pleasant rural practice, with its caseload of the worried well and expert patients... READ MORE›
A DYING MAN'S WISH TO SAVE OTHERS HITS HOSPITAL ETHICS HURDLE
Dr. John Bach, a professor of physical-medicine rehabilitation and neurology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, which is affiliated with University Hospital, was Adox's primary physician... READ MORE›
GENERIC DRUGS PUSH CONCERNING FOR ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
Doctors are concerned a rumoured government plan to have patients prescribed cheaper generic drugs over brand names could pose health risks for ethnically-diverse communities... READ MORE›
THOMAS ERIC DUNCAN 'FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN HOSPITAL' AFTER ZMAPP DRUG SUPPLIES RUN OUT
Ebola in US Thomas Eric Duncan 'fighting for his life in hospital' after ZMapp drug supplies run out... READ MORE›
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF THE NHS THIS WINTER? TELL US HERE
Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine SAM, said many hospitals reported more than 99 percent capacity in the week before Christmas... READ MORE›
'DRUID HEALER' CALLED IN BY BRITTANY VILLAGES LACKING DOCTORS
In an approach reminiscent of the Asterix character 'Psychoanalytix', the Druid will offer natural remedies using plants, stones and breathing exercises -- but no magic potion... READ MORE›