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Plan for GPs to keep millions of patients out of hospital

A scheme to support GPs to provide care and advice to patients which avoids them joining long NHS hospital waiting…

1 year ago

Skin cancer patients could join Southampton vaccine project

Patients with advanced skin cancer could be fast-tracked to take part in a "revolutionary" trial of a new cancer vaccine.The…

1 year ago

NHS billions wasted as bipolar patients left ‘forgotten and failed’

BBC handoutWhen her baby was three weeks old, Emma took an overdoseFailing to properly diagnose and treat people with bipolar…

1 year ago

Fertility patients sold unproven add-ons, regulator HFEA says

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesMany fertility patients in the UK are being offered unnecessary add-on treatments that have…

1 year ago

Shropshire patients thank blood donors for life-saving plasma

A patient from Telford who needed a lifesaving treatment developed from blood plasma has thanked donors.Over the past three years,…

1 year ago

Nurse charged over video that referenced harming Israeli patients

A Sydney nurse who was suspended over a video in which she allegedly made threats against Israeli patients has been…

1 year ago

Cancer patients not getting right care, say doctors

Getty ImagesSenior doctors responsible for monitoring cancer care in England and Wales are concerned failings in NHS services are contributing…

2 years ago

NHS ‘recovery plan’ fails to deliver more dentists for patients

NHS leaders have acknowledged a recovery plan for dentistry in England, launched by the previous Conservative government a year ago,…

2 years ago

Teenage psychiatric patients told they are ‘pathetic and disgusting’

Mark Daly and Jax SinclairBBC Scotland DisclosureChild psychiatric care 'was more like abuse'Former patients at Scotland's biggest children's psychiatric hospital…

2 years ago

Coventry staff seen dragging patients in children’s hospital – report

In September, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the decision to close the children's service was the "right one" and called…

2 years ago