BIG-HEARTED PARAMEDICS WHEEL DYING PATIENT TO THE BEACH FOR A LAST LOOK AT THE SEA

Recounted in a Facebook post via Helen Donaldson, the patient expressed that she just wished she could be at the beach again... READ MORE›

PEDESTRIAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING HIT BY TRUCK IN VANIER

Ottawa paramedics say a woman in her 80s was rushed to hospital with a critical head injury after she was hit by the truck... READ MORE›

PATIENTS WAITING AT LEAST AN HOUR IN AMBULANCES DOUBLE IN TWO YEARS

The next biggest rises were recorded by Yorkshire ambulance service and then North West ambulance service... READ MORE›

A&E WAIT TIMES OF MORE THAN FOUR HOURS TO AFFECT A MILLION MORE PEOPLE

This could exceed 400,000 by 2020, meaning more than a fifth of patients attending emergency wards waiting more than four hours... 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›

PRIVATE AMBULANCE FIRM CONTRACTED BY THE NHS GOES INTO ADMINISTRATION

Private Ambulance Service has been serving hospitals such as Watford General, St Albans hospital and Bedford hospital... 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›

SPANISH RED CROSS PHYSIOTHERAPIST KILLED IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN

The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that the staff member had been killed in its orthopedic center in Mazar-i-Sharif... READ MORE›

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'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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

COUNSELLOR OVERBILLS $360K FOR CARE OF FIRST NATIONS PATIENTS

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

NHS WORKERS URGED TO BE ALERT FOR SEPSIS AND TREAT WITHIN AN HOUR

This quality standard highlights priorities in the continued fight to improve sepsis care... 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›

WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?

Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... READ MORE›

JEREMY HUNT DENIES RED CROSS CLAIM OF NHS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

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›

'MY FRAIL MUM WAS FORCED TO WAIT ON THE FLOOR FOR EIGHT HOURS'

The NHS staff there were working flat out to deal with the patients around them... 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›

NHS 'WILL FAIL' THIS WINTER WITHOUT CASH INJECTION, DOCTORS TELL THERESA MAY

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›

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›

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›

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›

NHS TRANSFORMATION PLANS MAY BE USED AS COVER FOR CUTS, SAYS BMA

Dr Mark Porter, the BMA council chair, said Improving patient care must be the number one priority for these plans... 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›

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›

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›

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›

AMBULANCE WORKERS SAY NEW COST-CUTTING MEASURE RISKS LIVES

Critics believe Secamb's new policy is reckless, especially as the service depends so heavily on ambulance crews routinely abandoning their breaks to help patients... 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›