Browsing: hospitals

Nearly 100 children were harmed by a Great Ormond Street surgeon, according to an independent review.Great Ormond Street hospital (Gosh) conducted an independent review of nearly…

A Guardian call-out to NHS staff in England to share their experiences of violence in hospitals has revealed that doctors, nurses, paramedics and managers are being…

The number of people in hospital with flu in England has fallen for the second week in a row, NHS figures show, as England’s top doctor…

Hospitals are cancelling tens of thousands of appointments and operations after resident doctors voted overwhelmingly to reject a last-ditch government offer to avoid this week’s strike.The…

Hospitals in England face dangerous overcrowding this winter because even more patients than last year are “stranded” in a bed, according to an analysis of NHS…

The risk of women in England suffering severe bleeding after giving birth has risen to its highest level for five years, prompting fresh concern about NHS…

Corridor care is “endemic” in the UK, doctors have said, as a major study found one in five patients were treated in hallways, offices and cupboards.Millions…

Hospitals need to become smaller, with fewer beds, to help save the NHS from its “permacrisis”, a thinktank has said.The role hospitals play needs to undergo…

A woman killed herself after a south London psychiatric unit failed to search her possessions adequately, a coroner has concluded.Michelle Sparman, a personal trainer and call…

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…