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MEDICAL STUDENTS: HAVE YOU HELPED AT A HOSPITAL THIS WINTER?
Senior doctors took the unprecedented move of writing to prime minister Theresa May about patients dying in hospital corridors during the winter crisis... 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›
NHS WINTER CRISIS: WHAT IS HAPPENING AT YOUR HOSPITAL?
Patients are dying in hospital corridors this winter, senior doctors have warned in a written letter to prime minister Theresa May... READ MORE›
NHS BEDS CRISIS: SICK PATIENTS CAN SIT IN A&E, SAYS HEALTH MINISTER
Philip Dunne's comments 'ignorant and appalling', says Labour, as claims emerge of patients sleeping on hospital floors... READ MORE›
PATIENTS IN AFRICA TWICE AS LIKELY TO DIE AFTER AN OPERATION THAN GLOBAL AVERAGE, REPORT SHOWS
It seems to be, no matter where in the world you have surgery, complications for many are an inevitable consequence of hospitalisation, he said... 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 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 SURGEON ADMITS ASSAULTING PATIENTS BY SIGNING INITIALS ON THEIR LIVERS
Simon Bramhall used an argon beam coagulator, which seals bleeding blood vessels with an electric beam, to mark his initials on the organs... READ MORE›
NHS BOSSES SOUND ALARM OVER HOSPITALS ALREADY RUNNING AT 99% CAPACITY
NHS bosses sound alarm over hospitals already running at 99 percent capacity... READ MORE›
BURN VICTIM SAVED BY SKIN GRAFTS FROM IDENTICAL TWIN
Transplants from a genetically identical twin eliminates the risk that the recipient's body will reject the donated skin or organ... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF NHS PATIENTS WAITING OVER SIX MONTHS FOR SURGERY UP 40%
Number of NHS patients waiting over six months for surgery up 40 percent... READ MORE›
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MAY'S SCAPEGOAT ATTEMPT COULD SPARK MASS RESIGNATIONS, SAYS TOP GP
Dr Kailash Chand says GPs are rightly angry at government effort to shift blame for NHS crisis on to them with seven-day threat... READ MORE›
NHS INTENSIVE CARE 'AT ITS LIMITS' BECAUSE OF STAFF SHORTAGES
Fifty-two nhs hospitals sent patients elsewhere in busiest week yet... 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›
BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS RANKED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Here's a look at the report's top children's hospitals across the country U.S. News Honor Roll 1... READ MORE›
'MY HONEYMOON NIGHTMARE': WINNIPEG COUPLE IN GREECE OWE THOUSANDS AFTER HUSBAND'S 2 SURGERIES
Nikolaos was airlifted out of Santorini on June 1 to a hospital in Athens... 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›
HOSPITALS ARE IN STATE OF 'WAR', UK GOVERNMENT ADVISER SAYS
The percentage of patients given hospital treatment within 18 weeks has also fallen below 90 percent for the first time since March 2011... READ MORE›
SERIOUS MISTAKES IN NHS PATIENT CARE ARE ON THE RISE, FIGURES REVEAL
We have long warned that underfunding and staff shortages within the NHS will impact on patient safety... READ MORE›
DISGRACED DENTIST-TURNED-FOOT DOCTOR LEARNS FATE AFTER USE OF FAKE MEDICAL IMPLANTS
Pierre Dupont is going before the disciplinary committee of the College of Chiropodists of Ontario... 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›
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›
BANGLADESHI GIRL THOUGHT TO BE FIRST FEMALE EVER WITH 'TREE MAN SYNDROME'
He took her to Dhaka, where doctors have concluded she could have the same, incredibly rare, condition that has afflicted just four other people... READ MORE›
VIDEO SHOWS THE BOMBED KUNDUZ HOSPITAL WHICH CLAIMED 50 LIVES
At the time of the bombing the hospital had 105 patients and their care-takers and more than 80 international and Afghan staff were present it said... READ MORE›
KENYANS URGED TO END MEDICAL STRIKE AFTER PATIENTS DIE
President Uhuru Kenyatta urges medical workers to return to job, saying nearly 20 patients have died in three days... READ MORE›
CANCER PATIENT SINGS BEAUTIFUL SONG FOR THE POPE
At Federico Gomez Pediatric Hospital in Mexico City, Pope Francis prayed, hugged and even doled out medicine to a little boy... READ MORE›
SHOW THESE PICTURES TO ANYONE WHO THINKS WOMEN CAN'T BE SURGEONS
Ilooklikeasurgeon pic.twitter.com oSpk4HlW3j Finding female role models in surgery can be tough, but I won't let it put me off!... READ MORE›
NO RIDE HOME, NO KIDNEY STONE SURGERY, OTTAWA MAN TOLD
But a surgeon at the General campus of the Ottawa Hospital took a different view... READ MORE›
A&E FACES WORST WINTER EVER, TOP DOCTOR WARNS
The NHS in England only narrowly avoided collapsing last winter, Mann said... READ MORE›
GERMAN CARPENTER INVENTS ON-OFF CONTRACEPTION SWITCH FOR SPERM
They are surgically implanted on the vas deferens, the ducts which carry sperm from the testicles, in a simple half-hour operation... 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›
PATIENTS WITH EMERGENCY SURGERY DELAYS HAVE HIGHER RISK OF DYING, STUDY FINDS
Patients whose emergency surgeries have been delayed have an increased risk of death, a study by researchers at the Ottawa Hospital suggests... READ MORE›
SURGEONS CALL FOR REVIEW OF SAFETY STANDARDS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS
In particular there is a question about the data available from private hospitals, the letter states... READ MORE›
INDIAN SURGEON REMOVES 50 FLESH-EATING MAGGOTS BURROWING INTO MAN'S FACE
The surgeon has only seen six to eight cases of nasal maggots in 15 ears of his Ear, Nose, and Throat practice... READ MORE›
MEDSTAR HEALTH TURNS AWAY PATIENTS AFTER LIKELY 'RANSOMWARE' CYBERATTACK
MedStar officials have refused to characterize the attack as ransomware, a virus used to hold systems hostage until victims pay for a key to regain access... READ MORE›
ALMOST 80% OF JUNIOR DOCTORS TOOK PART IN ALL-OUT STRIKE, NHS SAYS
However, 16 of the 22 junior doctors in its emergency department did work as normal... READ MORE›
RATIONING RULES RESTRICTING SURGERY TO THOSE IN MOST PAIN MUST BE AXED, NHS OFFICIALS RULEA
Patients are left wondering about the validity of restrictions to other types of surgery and NHS treatment, she said... READ MORE›
EIGHT WOMEN DIE IN INDIA STERILIZATION DRIVE
The Associated Press reported that 83 women, all villagers under age 32, had the operations Saturday in a hospital outside Bilaspur city in the central state of Chhattisgarh... READ MORE›
INSIDE WEST ALEPPO: CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL RISES IN REBEL ASSAULT AS DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR BLOODY BATTLE
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WAR-WOUNDED SEEK TREATMENT IN JORDAN
Mr. Smarat arrived at the Jordanian border after doctors at a field hospital in his hometown said he needed surgery that they could not perform... READ MORE›
ANTIBIOTICS, NOT SURGERY, COULD TREAT APPENDICITIS IN CHILDREN, STUDY SUGGESTS
Antibiotics could be an effective alternative to surgery for treating children with appendicitis, research suggests... READ MORE›