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Racism within the NHS: union highlights 'stain of disgrace' as incidents increase among nursing personnel
According to an analysis by the nursing union, there has been a 55% rise over three years in the number of reports made by nurses about racist incidents at work
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Starmer vows to recover millions from Baroness Mone's Covid PPE controversy
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to reclaim over £100 million of taxpayers' funds from a firm associated with Baroness Mone regarding a controversy over Covid medical supplies
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The UK invested billions in PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a significant portion going to waste
During the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK was notably ill-equipped
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'They should call off the doctors' strike and hope Wes heals NHS'
Paul Routledge on the latest junior doctors' strike and how it seems that the Tories have already given up governing our broken country as they know 'the end is nigh'
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Getting rid of faulty PPE costs British taxpayers £107,500 every day
Disposing of millions of units of personal protective equipment found to be unsafe for use during the Covid pandemic is costing taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds every day
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Ken Clarke must lose peerage over infected blood scandal, demand victims
The Tory former Health Secretary was criticised by the Infected Blood Inquiry for claiming in 1983 there was “no conclusive proof” that Aids could be spread through blood
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Infected blood scandal - worst treatment disaster was covered up by government
More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products between the 1970s and 1990s - 3,000 of these victims have since died
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Breakthrough as Mirror Dentists for All campaign wins House of Commons debate
Having teamed up with the British Dental ­Association for the Dentists for All campaign, a debate on the issue will now be heard in the House of Commons on June 13
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Vape adverts on football shirts set to be banned in bid to protect kids
Health Minister Dame Andrea Leadsom confirmed she will be bringing forward proposals to address concerns around vape advertisements as young people increasingly take up the habit
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Anger as record number of NHS doctors quit for Australia pay boost
GPs who move Down Under can earn an average of £171,000 a year with a Aussie recruitment blitz taking place highlighting the sunny beaches and better pay
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Rishi Sunak rejects call to ban parents from smacking their children
Senior child doctors have called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to strengthen the laws on smacking as they say 'grey areas' mean parents can defend physical punishment
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Doctors fear two-tier GP plan as rise of 'helpers' may put patients at risk
The alert follows the death in 2022 of Emily Chesterton, 30, of Salford, from a pulmonary embolism after being misdiagnosed twice by a PA at a London GP practice
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Street where people live 13 years less at one end than the other
Marton Road in Middlesbrough, North Yorks, is only 2.6 miles long but it highlights the huge gap between the health of the rich and poor in Britain with one side of the road expected to live over a decade longer than the other
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Cancer patients wait for over a year for life-saving treatment from NHS
One patient at Royal Wolverhampton hospital waited for a year and four months for treatment as figures reveal the scale of the backlogs within cancer wards in the NHS system
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Government warned it faces worsening NHS crisis if it fails to fund pay awards
The Society of Radiographers told the Pay Review Body of the "acute" shortages in the workforce
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Workers at Barts NHS Trust and Synergy to stage fresh strikes in pay dispute
Members of Unite at Barts NHS Trust and outsourcing company Synergy will walk out from February 19-21
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Eating tasty canned fruit may reduce strokes, cancer and heart disease - expert
Epidemiologist and professor Tim Spector has urged his followers not to be a 'food snob' after praising canned and frozen foods for sometimes being nutritionally better than their fresh counterparts
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Mum of Brit woman who died after Turkey weight loss surgery calls for change
Erin Gibson wants social media adverts for operations to come with details about the risks involved as the foreign office confirmed at least 25 Britons have died after medical tourism trips to Turkey since January 2019
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Hundreds of docs to sue NHS after lack of proper PPE left them with Long Covid
Dr Kelly Fearnley was working at Bradford Royal Infirmary in November 2020 when she got Long Covid and she is still unable to work, has violent shakes, hallucinations and a high heart rate
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New anti-smoking drug that doubles chances of quitting available on NHS in days
Cytisine pills will be available for the more than six million Brits who smoke on the NHS in a matter of days - and studies have shown it can double the chances of kicking the habit
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420,000 patients had to wait more than 12 hours in A&E last year
The average number of patients waiting to be admitted to hospital is the highest since records began in 2011, with one in 15 waiting over 12 hours to be seen
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'These words from a doctor can motivate anyone to lose weight'
Dr Miriam Stoppard shares research from Oxford University into how the way weight loss is presented as an opportunity to people can influence their chances of success
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Health warning after cases of 'highly contagious' drug-resistant Shigella spike
Health experts are warning that the winter vomiting bug is now a major health concern due to its highly infectious nature and its growing resistance to drugs
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'All I want for Christmas is to get my country back from shameless grifters'
Britain's infested by shameless liars on the take, says Fleet Street Fox. Please Santa, can we have a general election?
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Gove dragged into Michelle Mone PPE row as she describes his 'amazing' reaction
In a brutal interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, Baroness Michelle Mone finally admitted to not telling the truth over her links to the firm PPE Medpro but maintained she has 'no case to answer'