Tens of thousands of junior doctors and consultants took strike action in Britain this week. Both groups are represented by the British Medical Association (BMA), who walked alongside junior doctors in the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association. The consultants, senior doctors, walked out on Tuesday and Wednesday and the junior …
Read More »Almost 240,000 people died in past two years waiting for National Health Service care
Almost a quarter of a million people died in the past two years while waiting for hospital treatment in the National Health Service (NHS). Freedom of Information requests made by the Labour Party found that among 35 acute NHS trusts, 30,611 people had died during 2022 while on the NHS …
Read More »Reggie, 3, given Royal Stoke cancer bombshell after GP sends him home
The parents of a three-year-old boy are enduring a ‘living nightmare’ – after seeing their loved-one struck down with cancer. Little Reggie Bebbington was taken to a GP after a lump appeared on his belly earlier this year. But when the GP could not identify the problem dad Kane Billington …
Read More »Man dies after falling from Royal Derby Hospital roof as patients told to ‘stay inside’
An entrance was blocked off to Royal Derby Hospital this afternoon due to a police incident outside the A&E. Officers were deployed to the Midlands hospital earlier today after a man fell from the hospital roof and died. Police were called to the site at around 11.55am due to concerns …
Read More »King Charles helps 40 women to get pregnant (but don’t worry Camilla – it’s on his Royal Health Service ‘holistic fertility’ course!)
King Charles helps 40 women to get pregnant (but don’t worry Camilla – it’s on his Royal Health Service ‘holistic fertility’ course!) Royal Health Service at Dumfries offers therapies to improve pregnancy chances On its fifth anniversary it can be revealed it has helped bring 40 new babies By Kirsten …
Read More »‘The real scandals in the email diary of George Osborne, aged 52 and a quarter’ – Fleet Street Fox
An anonymous email has been sent to guests on the eve of George Osborne’s wedding, says Fleet Street Fox. Pity he’s not ashamed about everything else he’s done Hullo! George Osborne here, the Ghost of Tories Past. I’m writing to all the most important people in the world ahead of …
Read More »The irony of Tony Blair dispensing advice on how to save the NHS
SIR – Sir Tony Blair has suggested that, in certain circumstances, NHS patients should be allowed to pay in order to skip the queue (report, July 6). This from a man who, during his time in power, was instrumental in reducing the on-call duties of GPs, resulting in greater numbers …
Read More »World-class doctors and nurses thwarted by a failing health service
SIR – A recent King’s Fund study shows that the NHS is one of the worst health services for saving lives (report, June 26). People die here who would not if they lived in other G20 countries. The NHS is a failed structure. We have well-trained doctors, nurses and allied …
Read More »Trust issues Hull Royal Infirmary A&E warning as junior doctors set for 3-day strike
People are being urged to avoid Hull Royal Infirmary’s emergency department over the next few days as junior doctors go out on strike. Some routine operations and non-urgent appointments are also having to be rearranged as the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust takes action to mitigate against the loss …
Read More »Prince William beams with pride as he opens £70m cancer centre – after launching appeal in 2015
Prince William was thrilled to be reunited with a Matron he first met as a work experience student in a Royal Marsden hospital when he was 23 years old. The royal, 40, travelled to Sutton today to open the £70m Oak Cancer Centre. In his capacity as President of The Royal …
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