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Emily Barley, founder of Maternity Safety Alliance, says recommendation in Amos report will not solve wider cultural problemsThe appointment of a national maternity commissioner would be “fundamentall...
Amos review sets out recommendations for government, but falls short on systemic racism and traumatic birthsEngland to get powerful maternity commissioner after ‘shocking’ failingsThe findings of Lady...
Pay will be 35.2% higher on average compared with four years ago after series of strikes that have cost NHS £1bnResident doctors in England have voted to accept a new government deal on pay and jobs,...
British-born, older men among those most likely to have disease found only postmortem, say researchersOne person a week dies with undiagnosed and therefore untreated tuberculosis in England, a study h...
British Heart Foundation expects about 45 people a day to die over next decade if current trends continueAbout 170,000 people are expected to die from heart-related conditions linked to obesity – one...
Commissioner calls for overhaul of state support after reporting 10% rise in young patient referrals last yearMore than 1 million children were referred to mental health services across England last y...
The number of young people being referred for mental health treatment in England has risen to more than a million, according to analysis of NHS data by the children's commissioner.
Princess becomes first royal to climb highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales, 18 months after cancer remissionThe Princess of Wales has completed the Three Peaks challenge to raise money for...
About 31 in every 1,000 facing haemorrhage or severe tears, NHS figures show, in trend described as ‘national crisis’How a Romford maternity ward was able to turn the tide after a ‘requires improvemen...
Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows‘Treating children like cattle’: what happens when private equity takes over a UK care...
Experts raise alarm as firms aiming to maximise assets and sell for profit become more involved in vital public services‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to pri...
Relocation of Action on World Health raises questions over why Reform UK leader is involved in a US pressure groupNigel Farage’s campaign against the World Health Organization (WHO) is moving to the U...
Nicholas Rossi died due to complications from a medical condition while serving jail sentence in UtahNicholas Rossi, the American rapist who absconded to Scotland after appearing to fake his own death...
Plans to protect people fall ‘far short of what is needed’, government told, as MP warns of heatwave deathsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK government is facing increasingly urgent calls for ac...
Those partial to a pint may be relieved to know a modest of amount of weak beer may actually be beneficialEuropean heatwave live – latest updatesAs Europe endures a record-breaking heatwave, countries...
Health bosses are "urgently" investigating how to stop workers looking at patient data without proper reason after 40 staff accessed the records of a boy injured by a crocodile.
Extreme weather breaks MRI scanners and cooling units and workload rises for sleep-deprived staff on sweltering wards‘Infection control becomes almost impossible’: four doctors on the NHS heatwave cri...
Temperatures linked to third child’s death in France, where three-quarters of country is under extreme heat alertThe UK and Switzerland both recorded the hottest-ever June temperatures on Thursday, wh...
Human Tissue Authority says bodies not transferred to freezer in time due to insufficient storage needsBodies in the mortuary at the NHS trust at the centre of the health services biggest ever materni...
Eight bodies have been found in a state of "advanced deterioration" at an NHS trust due to lack of freezer space.