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NHS waiting times reach another record high
NHS waiting times have reached another record high – with 6.2 million people in England now waiting for treatment.
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NHS services under ‘enormous strain’ due to staff shortages and Covid cases, leaders warn
NHS leaders in England have warned that services are under “enormous strain”, due to a combination of high demand, staff shortages and high levels of Covid. It’s already prompted a number of trusts to declare critical incidents.
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Exclusive: NHS Trust ordered to make immediate changes after maternity scandal
We can exclusively reveal that a review into the trust at the centre of the largest maternity scandal in the history of the NHS will be ordered to make 60 immediate changes to their practices.
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End of free covid tests will put staff and patients at risk NHS leaders warn
NHS leaders in England have warned that scrapping free Covid tests for medical staff puts both them and their patients at risk.
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Call for action to tackle ‘overwhelming’ ethnic inequalities in NHS services
There is “overwhelming” evidence of inequality for ethnic minorities in healthcare and within the health NHS workforce, according to a review of a decade’s worth of research published today by the NHS Race and Health Observatory.
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NHS ‘waiting lists are going to continue to grow’, says Academy of Medical Royal Colleges chair
We spoke with Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, who is chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and began by asking her about what waiting lists mean for patients and staff in the NHS.
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Plans to tackle record NHS waiting lists in England revealed
Around 6 million people are on waiting lists for treatment in England and Sajid Javid admitted that would carry on going up for at least another two years.
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Plans to tackle NHS waiting list delayed
Plans to clear England’s NHS waiting list backlog have been delayed.
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NHS sickle cell patients face barriers to new treatment
A new drug approved for use in the NHS could see as many as a third of the 15,000 sickle cell patients in this country getting a treatment that reduces that pain.
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Hospital cleaners and security staff campaign to be recognised as NHS workers
They keep our hospitals running – but cleaners and security guards say they are not recognised as NHS workers and face financial hardship if they take time off sick.
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Government set to scrap mandatory vaccines for NHS and social care workers in England
Mandatory Covid vaccines will effectively be scrapped for NHS and social care staff in England – after warnings from some health professionals that it would lead to a “catastrophic impact” on staff numbers and services.
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NHS ‘cannot afford to lose any staff’ over vaccine mandate, says Royal College of Nursing
We spoke to Helen Donovan of the Royal College of Nursing, and Dr David Nicholl, a consultant neurologist based in Birmingham.
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NHS staff protest mandatory Covid vaccination plans
Can the government really afford to lose thousands of healthcare workers?
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More than one-in-five people on NHS waiting lists in Wales
While hospital admissions in this winter’s wave appear to have passed their peak, the impact continues to be felt across the NHS. In Wales, more than one-in-five people are on NHS treatment waiting lists – with performance figures the worst on record.
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FactCheck: tens of thousands of NHS England staff face dismissal over compulsory vaccines
Health workers have until 3 February to get their first dose.