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# NHS

This year
2023
Failures to deal with Lucy Letby complaints ‘more likely than not’ led to deaths - former hospital boss
Dr Susan Gilby said victims’ families were treated in an “appalling” way by executives.
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Aug 24th 2023, 8:30 PM
Woman receives UK’s first womb transplant after her sister acts as living donor
Doctors said the procedure was a ‘massive success’ and the recipient hopes to undergo IVF later this year.
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Aug 23rd 2023, 7:13 AM
Former nurse Lucy Letby sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder of seven babies
The nurse murdered seven babies and tried to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.
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Aug 21st 2023, 7:34 AM
Lawyer for UK nurse accused of baby murders warns against 'presumption of guilt'
Letby is accused of targeting newborns by various means including giving them injections of insulin, air or milk.
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Jun 26th 2023, 5:18 PM
England's NHS set for 'most disruptive industrial action' in history as junior doctors strike
Up to a quarter of a million appointments could be postponed, according to the NHS Confederation.
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Apr 11th 2023, 7:08 AM
UK ministers reportedly considered culling pet cats at start of pandemic over health fears
‘What we shouldn’t forget is how little we understood about this disease,’ a former UK Health Department deputy told Channel 4 News.
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Mar 1st 2023, 8:26 PM
Fake psychiatrist who worked in Northern Ireland for NHS began to 'believe her own lie'
Zholia Alemi was jailed for seven years today after being found guilty of using a forged medical degree certificate to get a number of NHS jobs.
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Feb 28th 2023, 4:10 PM
UK faces 'hugely disrupted day' as biggest strike action in NHS history takes place
Nurses and ambulance staff are walking out together for the first time.
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Feb 6th 2023, 12:14 PM
Sunak refuses to say if he has private healthcare amid NHS queue crisis
The UK Prime Minister said his own health provisions was a ‘distraction from what the real issue is’.
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Jan 8th 2023, 2:02 PM
UK government urged to reopen pay talks as NHS strikes continue
Ambulance staff and nurses are to go on strike in the coming weeks due to pay disputes.
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Jan 3rd 2023, 10:37 AM
Last year
2022
NHS disruption from UK strikes likely to continue into coming days health leaders say
NHS Providers said there had been ‘varying levels of disruption’ across the UK as nurses and ambulance drivers strike.
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Dec 21st 2022, 8:42 PM
Nurses across Northern Ireland strike over pay and safe staffing levels
Thousands of nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are joining the biggest strike in the history of the NHS.
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Dec 15th 2022, 9:32 AM
UK minister says deals to match inflation are unaffordable as nursing and rail strike loom
British Transport Secretary Mark Harper said there ‘simply isn’t the money’.
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Nov 27th 2022, 4:34 PM
Online gambling causing surge of suicidal young men in A&E, NHS clinic says
Earlier this year the NHS stopped taking cash from the gambling industry for the treatment of people suffering addiction
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Nov 23rd 2022, 8:00 AM
NHS sets up 'war rooms' to cope with difficult winter
Britain’s health service is preparing for a winter of flu, Covid and record staff vacancies
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Oct 18th 2022, 10:29 PM
Archie Battersbee’s life support to be withdrawn on Saturday morning
The 12-year-old has been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother in April.
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Aug 5th 2022, 10:30 PM
UK court upholds decision to withdraw 12-year-old's life sustaining treatment
Archie was found unconscious at his home by his mother on 7 April and has not regained consciousness since.
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Aug 2nd 2022, 5:51 PM
Increase minimum age for cigarettes each year until no-one can buy them, UK govt advised
Dr Javed Khan issued four critical ‘must-dos’ for the UK Government to act upon immediately.
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Jun 9th 2022, 6:17 PM
Two more monkeypox cases confirmed in England
The cases are not linked to a previously confirmed case in England announced on 7 May.
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May 14th 2022, 3:45 PM
Over 200 babies ‘could have survived’ if an NHS trust provided better care, report finds
The Ockenden inquiry is the largest into a single NHS service.
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Mar 30th 2022, 6:05 PM
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England to introduce mandatory vaccination for frontline NHS staff, effective from 1 April
UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced the move today.
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Nov 9th 2021, 2:29 PM
NHS Test and Trace programme ‘has failed on main objective’, report finds
MPs have been heavily critical of the programme in the report.
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Oct 27th 2021, 7:45 AM
People in England aged 33 and 32 can book their Covid-19 vaccine from today
The NHS is urging everyone who is eligible to take up their jab at one of the 1,600 locations across the country.
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May 22nd 2021, 10:29 AM
One in five adults under 70 in England given first Covid jab - NHS
An estimated 20.3% of people aged 16 to 69 had received their first jab as of 21 February.
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Feb 25th 2021, 7:25 PM
Tom Moore, the 100-year-old who raised £32 million for NHS, in hospital with Covid-19
Boris Johnson is among those to send good wishes to the charity fundraiser.
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Feb 1st 2021, 7:50 AM
Johnson warns more lives will be lost as UK records deadliest day of pandemic
Boris Johnson said ‘the light will only really begin to dawn as we get those vaccinations out’.
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Jan 21st 2021, 8:18 AM
Football stadium and conference centre among venues as England opens up its mass vaccination hubs
Seven mass vaccination centres opened across England today.
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Jan 11th 2021, 1:08 PM
London mayor declares ‘major incident’ with Covid-19 spread ‘out of control’
Sadiq Khan said that in some parts of London, one person in 20 now has Covid-19.
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Jan 8th 2021, 2:35 PM
'Extreme concern': UK reports another record number of new Covid infections
It’s up more than 10,000 on the record set yesterday.
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Dec 29th 2020, 6:00 PM
FactCheck: No, it is not true that only people with pre-existing conditions have died from Covid-19 in the UK
A post on social media has falsely claimed that the NHS confirmed no Covid-19 deaths occurred among people without a pre-existing condition.
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Dec 17th 2020, 5:56 PM
Cross-border co-operation on Covid-19 raises hopes for all-island healthcare system amid Brexit fears
For years, cross-border healthcare has been slowly and tentatively developing. Now Brexit poses a threat.
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Oct 18th 2020, 12:10 AM
UK at coronavirus ‘tipping point’ with risk of 50,000 daily cases by mid-October
Boris Johnson is expected to announce new measures to curb the spread of the virus tomorrow.
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Sep 21st 2020, 7:30 PM
North introduces limits on household indoor gatherings to tackle Covid-19 spike
The new measures were announced this evening by the First and Deputy First Ministers.
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Sep 21st 2020, 5:27 PM
Tyrone midwife on cover of British Vogue: 'I imagine my mum will be in Tesco buying all the copies she can'
Rachel Millar had no idea she’d be on the cover when a photographer came to the hospital she works in a few weeks ago.
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Jun 4th 2020, 9:20 AM
Shay Given heads up group to source PPE for frontline healthcare staff 'working to save our lives'
The not for profit will use funds raised to manufacture masks approved for use in the NHS.
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May 1st 2020, 4:26 PM
Boris Johnson promises 'comprehensive plan' in first press conference since recovering from Covid-19
The plan is to include ways in which people might travel to work and how children can go back to school or into childcare
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Apr 30th 2020, 6:47 PM
'I'm one of the lucky ones': Belfast solicitor speaks of Covid-19 recovery after 16-day coma
Niall Murphy spent 16 days in an induced coma, and another man Mark Burke was told he had 24 hours to live.
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Apr 23rd 2020, 3:30 PM
99-year-old raises £12m for NHS and funds pour in for family of pregnant nurse who died
Captain Tom Moore, who will turn 100 later this month, is walking laps of his garden to raise money for healthcare workers.
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Apr 16th 2020, 7:29 AM
New official data says death toll from Covid-19 in England is 15% higher than NHS figures
The Office for National Statistics figures are based on all mentions of Covid-19 on a death certificate, unlike those compiled by the NHS.
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Apr 14th 2020, 11:14 AM
Johnson praises NHS for saving his life as nurses told to refuse to work 'as last resort' over PPE
More than 20 NHS staff are believed to have died from Covid-19.
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Apr 12th 2020, 7:49 AM
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