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Will scrapping NHS England help improve patient safety?

Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondentGetty ImagesAfter Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's announcement this week that NHS England (NHSE) is to be…

1 year ago

Sunderland Parkinson’s patient ‘feels cured’ with new device

Akbar Hussain, a neurosurgeon at Newcastle Hospitals, is one of the first doctors in the world to offer the new…

2 years ago

Coventry patient underwent 14 years of chemotherapy he did not need

Lawyers for the patient claim that long-term treatment with temozolomide risks secondary cancer, chronic liver problems and reinforces the fear…

2 years ago

£90,000-a-year Patient Safety Commissioner role remains unfilled

Charlie Bethune, whose daughter's health has been affected from her exposure to sodium valproate, has been campaigning for the recommendations…

2 years ago

London hospitals write off £112m in unpaid foreign patient bills

The British Medical Association (BMA) has been consistently critical of the charging policy, arguing that it deters vulnerable groups from…

2 years ago

Single patient records at heart of NHS 10-year plan

Alongside this, the NHS App will be further developed to allow patients to routinely use it to book appointments and…

2 years ago