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AS SURGERY CENTERS BOOM, PATIENTS ARE PAYING WITH THEIR LIVES
-- To protect patients, Medicare requires surgery centers to line up a local hospital to take their patients when emergencies arise... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
'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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
20 HOSPITALS DECLARE BLACK ALERT AS PATIENT SAFETY NO LONGER ASSURED
Nhs crisis 20 hospitals declare black alert as patient safety no longer assured... 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›
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›
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›