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‘I have to keep reliving it’: infected blood claimants being asked to prove eligibility
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‘I have to keep reliving it’: infected blood claimants being asked to prove eligibility

Claimants having to find decades-old medical records to prove they qualify for compensation despite inquiry’s recommendationsSuzanne Morgan will never forget the day her mother died. It was nine month...

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‘Early deaths are not inevitable’: report reveals why adults with severe mental illness die younger
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‘Early deaths are not inevitable’: report reveals why adults with severe mental illness die younger

Exclusive: Charity says NHS data shows increased chances of death due to preventable physical illnessesAn analysis of NHS data has shed light on the “scandal” of why adults with severe mental illness...

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Thousands of pregnant women in England are reporting domestic abuse. Midwives are struggling to cope
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Thousands of pregnant women in England are reporting domestic abuse. Midwives are struggling to cope

Exclusive: Analysis ‘lays bare’ something midwives already know from their day-to-day workAbout 20,000 disclosures of domestic abuse are estimated to be made to maternity services in England every yea...

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Three in hospital after stabbing near LGBT bar
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Three in hospital after stabbing near LGBT bar

Three people have been taken to hospital after a stabbing near an LGBT bar.

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Disabled people need right to travel abroad, say UK MPs amid ‘ridiculous’ restrictions row
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Disabled people need right to travel abroad, say UK MPs amid ‘ridiculous’ restrictions row

Outcry over ‘brazenly discriminatory’ funding practices among NHS care boards and local councils, with wide variations in rulesOpinion: An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? We will not...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Women told breasts removed needlessly as NHS trust finds more than 300 suffered harm
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Women told breasts removed needlessly as NHS trust finds more than 300 suffered harm

The trust's new chief executive says he apologises unreservedly - "What happened was utterly unacceptable."

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Woman tells BBC of trauma after unnecessary breast cancer surgery
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Woman tells BBC of trauma after unnecessary breast cancer surgery

Denise Howarth is one of several women who have been told by the NHS that their breast was removed unnecessarily.

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Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily during NHS cancer care
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Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily during NHS cancer care

Patients among hundreds who suffered harm at County Durham and Darlington foundation trust’s breast unitTwenty women had their breasts removed unnecessarily while being treated for cancer at an NHS tr...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
20 women had unnecessary mastectomies, says NHS trust
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20 women had unnecessary mastectomies, says NHS trust

Twenty women have undergone unnecessary mastectomies, while others suffered significant harm while under the care of an NHS trust, a review of cases has found.

Sky News - UK1 week ago
Breast Cancer Scandal: Exposing the Harm
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Breast Cancer Scandal: Exposing the Harm

BBC Health correspondent Sharon Barbour investigates a deepening breast cancer scandal.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
44C heat and fainting patients: Plea to avoid another 'inhumane' heatwave on NHS wards
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44C heat and fainting patients: Plea to avoid another 'inhumane' heatwave on NHS wards

Patients died and others deteriorated in "suffocating atmospheres" because of the summer heat on NHS hospital wards, a survey has found.

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Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
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Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare

Review expected to say patients in England should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosisProposals to limit the number of patients being formally diagnosed with attention deficit hyp...

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'I can get more time': Breast cancer patient finds out she can get life extending drug
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'I can get more time': Breast cancer patient finds out she can get life extending drug

Patients in England with an incurable breast cancer can now access a life-extending drug on the NHS.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
‘A really scary place for children’: English hospitals have chronic lack of health play staff
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‘A really scary place for children’: English hospitals have chronic lack of health play staff

Analysis finds only 955 play professionals supporting 21 million child hospital admissions, leaving many traumatised for lifeChildren in English hospitals with serious illnesses are being exposed to a...

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Women in England with incurable breast cancer to get life-extending drug on NHS
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Women in England with incurable breast cancer to get life-extending drug on NHS

Thousands with HER2-low advanced breast cancer will have access to Enhertu after ministers strike deal on priceThousands of women in England with incurable breast cancer will get access to a life-exte...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
More than 1,000 children dead in Bangladesh measles outbreak
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More than 1,000 children dead in Bangladesh measles outbreak

Until March this year, Bangladesh had made "substantial progress" towards eliminating measles.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Life-extending drug for breast cancer patients now on NHS
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Life-extending drug for breast cancer patients now on NHS

A life-extending drug will be made available on the NHS to patients in England with a specific type of incurable breast cancer, after an initial decision to reject the treatment was reversed.

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'I can get more time - that's everything': Breast cancer patients get life-extending drug
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'I can get more time - that's everything': Breast cancer patients get life-extending drug

Enhertu, which can give patients an extra seven months to live on average, has been prescribed in Scotland for more than two years and is available.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
No fire alarms or sprinklers at Pakistan hospital ward where 14 babies died, report finds
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No fire alarms or sprinklers at Pakistan hospital ward where 14 babies died, report finds

A firefighter tells the BBC that rescuers had said many doors near the unit were locked, obstructing their route to the babies.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
UK politics: Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ – as it happened
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UK politics: Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ – as it happened

PM responds to criticism from former Bank of England chief economistWes Streeting, the defence secretary, has posted this on social media ahead of Andy Burnham’s meeting with the Nato secretary genera...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago