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Hundreds of low-paid NHS hospital workers are celebrating victory after bosses agreed to improve their terms and conditions following the threat of strike action.More than 330…

Hospital consultants are gearing up to join resident doctors in striking over pay in a move that could cause huge disruption for the NHS and present…

You report (7 November) that Barts Health trust’s takeover of a fully equipped, state-of-the-art private hospital is “thought to be the first time the NHS has…

“Are you anxious?”“A little bit.”“What medications do you take?”The neatly packed transparent plastic bag is a gift for the nurse.My mother is having a procedure and…

According to the Royal College of Nursing, incidents of violence against A&E nurses have almost doubled over the last six years, often due to people being…

Thousands of new mothers are being readmitted to hospital in England every year, figures reveal, raising fresh concerns about NHS maternity care.Discharging women from hospital prematurely…

The latest attacks on civilians come days before talks in which Zelenskyy hopes to secure the long-range missiles from Trump.Russian forces have struck a hospital and…

A new “online hospital” will deliver millions of appointments and help cut waiting lists, Keir Starmer is to announce in his leader’s speech at Labour’s conference.The…

Wes Streeting does not seem to understand the complexity of healthcare funding. League tables will exacerbate regional differences rather than abolish them (Norfolk hospital worst in…

The death of a 27-year-old man who killed himself in a hospital toilet after waiting 22 hours to be seen by the mental health team was…