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›
Patients at the centre of the probe are from the hospital's catchment area including Kerry, North Cork and Limerick... READ MORE›
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›
The task at the NHS Ideas Lab hackathon was to find 21st-century solutions to problems facing patients, doctors and the NHS... READ MORE›
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›
The next biggest rises were recorded by Yorkshire ambulance service and then North West ambulance service... READ MORE›
This could exceed 400,000 by 2020, meaning more than a fifth of patients attending emergency wards waiting more than four hours... READ MORE›
He would tell me, a doctor's job is to love his patients and serve his community... READ MORE›
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›
Senior doctor calls health service 'broken' after deaths of two patients left to wait on trolleys at Worcestershire Royal hospital... READ MORE›
Planned Parenthood is opposed by anti-abortion activists and most Republicans... READ MORE›
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›
NHS England has quietly launched an inquiry to discover how many patients have been affected... READ MORE›
Health canada investigation of ontario counsellor treating indigenous patients finds massive overbilling... READ MORE›
This quality standard highlights priorities in the continued fight to improve sepsis care... READ MORE›
Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... READ MORE›
I don't want to pretend that we haven't, at this most difficult time of year for the NHS, had some very serious problems in some hospitals... READ MORE›
The NHS staff there were working flat out to deal with the patients around them... READ MORE›
Doctors have said they will boycott attempts to introduce identification checks as part of government plans to combat health tourism ... READ MORE›
Hospital doctors have warned Theresa May that the NHS will fail this winter and patient care will suffer unless she provides an emergency cash injection... READ MORE›
The UK will be sending away nurses who have contributed to the health service for six years... READ MORE›
The case of Iris Sibley, trapped in hospital for six months, highlights our social care crisis. Have you experienced something similar?... READ MORE›
Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›
Known as a duty of candour the guidelines make clear that patients should expect a face-to-face apology... READ MORE›
It sets out what steps trusts should take to manage the large numbers of patients... READ MORE›
Dr Mark Porter, the BMA council chair, said Improving patient care must be the number one priority for these plans... READ MORE›
The independent health secretary jeremy hunt orders annual review of avoidable deaths in nhs hospitals 2 hrs ago... READ MORE›
Of the 1,788 patients who may have been harmed as a result, 333 have since died... READ MORE›
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›
And, in a bid to drive up the amount of money recouped from overseas visitors, the Government is preparing a further crackdown... READ MORE›
Hospitals in England cancelled 4,093 urgent procedures during 2016, equivalent to 341 per month... READ MORE›
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›
Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
Sore throat sufferers will visit their pharmacist instead of their GP for an on-the-spot test to see if they need antibiotics under a new NHS initiative... READ MORE›
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›
An NHS England spokesman said Patients who are well enough to leave hospital should be able to do so at the earliest opportunity... READ MORE›
One of the beneficiaries is Westchester Medical Center Health Network, which bought the former Kingston hospital in March... READ MORE›
NHS 111 uses far fewer nurses each year to answer callers' queries about their symptoms than NHS Direct did... READ MORE›
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