All news on the topic: Department of Health

The Trump administration is sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a single group shelter in South Texas.

Baby deaths were "common" at an NHS trust where nurses were too busy buying handbags online, according to a bombshell investigation.

Strikes by resident doctors have cost the taxpayer "at least £3 billion," it has been claimed as the BMA’s latest six-day walkout begins.

The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has increased by 55% over three years, according to analysis by the nursing union.

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to recover more than £100m of taxpayer money from a company linked to Baroness Mone over a Covid medical supplies scandal.

In the initial months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK was severely underprepared.

Pharmacists have cautioned that "one of the worst" cases of medicine shortages is impacting cancer patients.

Health secretary says end of ‘biggest quango in world’ is final nail in coffin of Andrew Lansley’s 2012 reorganisation

NHS staff are concerned about a power grab by the health department as the health secretary seeks to reduce the organization due to ’duplication’ of roles.

The first death of a human linked to the bird flu has been confirmed in the US.

Vulnerable children are facing 'appalling' waits for appointments with the NHS' Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), experts warn, as parents share their harrowing stories

A new survey has revealed shocking figures which show millions of Brits have had to take time off work due to issues with oral health and a lack of access to NHS dentists

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

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Baby Dashenka, who was born seven months premature, was left with a deformed nose after a bungling doctor placed an oxygen mask on her improperly, claims her distraught mother Olga

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

More than 2,500 suspected whooping cough infections have been diagnosed by GPs so far in 2024 after a spike in cases and people can see who many there are in your area with an interactive map

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

The Society of Radiographers told the Pay Review Body of the "acute" shortages in the workforce

Members of Unite at Barts NHS Trust and outsourcing company Synergy will walk out from February 19-21

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

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

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

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

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

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