The NHS told Steve Wallis that he had to wait over a year for his "urgent" prostate operation, leaving him living with a catheter that severely limited his quality of life.
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The NHS is to introduce electric ambulances, raising concerns that its drive for Net Zero is being put above patient safety owing to the limited range and long charging times.
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The NHS seems to be in permanent crisis. Yet the number of doctors is up 37% and non-medical support staff up 45% in 10 years. How does a health service do so little with so much?
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Jeremy Hunt told the Commons that "the NHS is, rightly, the biggest reason most of us are proud to be British". What extraordinary nonsense, says James Bartholomew. It is our national shame.
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The pressure on the NHS is reaching breaking point as the burden of disease continues to increase. But why are those born after the 1960s so much less healthy than the previous generation? Dr James Morris has an insight.
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Striking doctors are being warned that the NHS will start formally collecting evidence of the harm to patients caused by their refusal to help struggling hospitals.
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The junior doctors continue to strike during the winter permacrisis. But a 35% pay rise is not going to stop the NHS's march towards ever greater levels of inefficiency, which is tied to the growth in part-time medics.
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NHS bosses are offering a £100,000 contract for "anti-racism" consultancy services, despite cash-strapped hospitals mulling scaling back operations this winter to balance the books.
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It’s that time of the year when the first murmurings of winter crisis emerge in the NHS and politicians scramble to 'do something'. But will this year's 'Winter Plan' be any better than those before it?
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Deaths from heart failure in recent weeks have been 27% above the pre-pandemic baseline. It's hard to see how the NHS crisis is to blame as cancer and dementia deaths are normal. So what's going on?
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