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OVERCROWDING IN HOSPITALS LEADS TO SIX FLU OUTBREAKS
The spread of the potentially deadly infection comes as hospitals struggle to cope with the trolley crisis, which has led to little space between patients... 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›
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›
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›
ALARM OVER SHARP RISE IN AMBULANCE PATIENT DEATHS IN ENGLAND
The second highest number of deaths was at North East ambulance service, with 22 reported cases in 2016, up from five in 2012... 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›
UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY DAVITA PRIMARY CARE UNIT FOR $4.9 BILLION
DaVita's medical group had 4.11 billion in sales last year, or 30 percent of the total... READ MORE›
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›
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED BY NHS CUTS IN ENGLAND? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES
With Stevens saying the NHS needs an increase of ?4bn a strong warning about the future of the health service is expected... READ MORE›
U.S. APPROVES DIGITAL PILL THAT TRACKS WHEN PATIENTS TAKE IT
U.S. regulators have approved the first digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if patients are taking their medication properly, marking a significa... 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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SURGEON GENERAL DISMISSED, REPLACED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Murthy, 39, was the 19th surgeon general of the United States... READ MORE›
MEDICARE FOR ALL SHOULD REPLACE OBAMACARE
Expanding access to health care, as Obamacare does, is only half the job... READ MORE›
'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›
CHILDREN WAITING UP TO 18 MONTHS FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CQC
Shortcomings in child and adolescent mental health services care mean some children end up experiencing a full-blown mental health crisis, she said... READ MORE›
NHS WAITING TIMES 'DRIVING PEOPLE TO TURN TO PRIVATE TREATMENT'
The findings come as health service bosses gather in Manchester for the opening of NHS England's annual two-day NHS Expo... 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›
HEALTHCARE STUDY RANKS AUSTRALIA SECOND BEST IN DEVELOPED WORLD, WHILE US COMES IN LAST
American researchers find Australia's healthcare system is the second best in the developed world with the US' named the worst... READ MORE›
WOMAN WHO RECEIVED WORLD'S 1ST FACE TRANSPLANT DIES AT 49
A French woman who received the worlds first partial face transplant after being mauled by her dog, died several months ago, at age 49.A... READ MORE›
U.S. ONE OF WORLD'S WORST ON HEALTH DIVIDE BETWEEN RICH, POOR
Researchers examining surveys on health and income from people in 32 countries found poor Americans reported worse health than rich U.S. residents in significant numbers... READ MORE›
CLINTON AVOIDED SINGLE-PAYER BALLOT MEASURE, EMAILS SHOW
Hillary Clinton's campaign was no fan of a major ballot measure to create a universal health care system... 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›
TRUMP'S HEALTH INSURANCE EXECUTIVE ORDER PUSHES ASSOCIATION PLANS
Trump's health insurance order pushes association plans to drive down costs for some... READ MORE›
POOR PEOPLE 'JUST DON'T WANT HEALTH CARE,' SAYS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
There is a group of people that just don't want health care and aren't going to take care of themselves, said Rep. Roger Marshall, a doctor... 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›
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›
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›
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›
TRUMP NOMINATES IND DOCTOR FOR SURGEON GENERAL
President Trump on Thursday nominated Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams to serve as the next surgeon general... READ MORE›
HOW TO STOP DRUG PRICES FROM RISING? NEW STUDY POINTS TO SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
U.S. drug prices are so high that the researchers didn't even factor them into the study, focusing instead on other developed countries... 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›
EBOLA: SECOND UK WORKER MONITORED
The patient is being monitored at London's Royal Free Hospital and does not currently have a diagnosis or symptoms of the virus... READ MORE›
NORWEGIAN EBOLA PATIENT 'GIVEN LAST DOSE OF ZMAPP'
Please read our A Norwegian woman infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is to be given the last remaining dose of ZMapp in the world... 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›
AMERICANS DIE WHEN THEY HAVE TO WORK AT BEING HEALTHY
Access to quality healthcare, the study shows definitively, is often the difference between life or death... READ MORE›
NHS STAFF TAKING MORE SICK DAYS THAN EVER
NHS staff are taking more time off work because of illness, with the total now close to 17m days a year... READ MORE›
LENGTHY WAITS TO SEE GPS MAY POSE SERIOUS RISK TO PATIENTS, SAYS TOP DOCTOR
People with non-urgent conditions may be neglected amid long waiting times, leading to acute problems, warns head of GPs' body... 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›
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›
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR HIRES HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY LOBBYIST TO PUSH OBAMACARE FIXES IN CONGRESS
Brownstein Hyatt also kicked in at least 10,000 for Hickenlooper's inauguration, and contributed to an organization that fought the unsuccessful 2016 single-payer health care ballot initiative in Colorado... READ MORE›