All news on the topic: Hospitals

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Black smoke over Bristol as fire breaks out at city’s maternity hospital
Black smoke was seen billowing over the Bristol skyline after St Michael’s Hospital—a maternity hospital in the city center—caught fire, leading to the evacuation of mothers and babies.
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Deadly delays: over 16,000 deaths in 2024 linked to long waits in UK hospitals
Some 320 patients a week may have died needlessly in England last year due to very long waits in A&E for a hospital bed, figures suggest.
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"No more money": new NHS chief declares end of the era of generous budgets
Jim Mackey says state of public finances means country can no longer afford big spending rises
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Contacts of infected mpox patient sought in Cambridge — dozens potentially at risk
Health officials at the Cambridge-based hospital stated they had notified 30 patients about potential exposure to the harmful bug, and an additional 20 staff members were also contacted.
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Student passed away from sepsis after an antibiotics error in a London hospital, inquest hears
A potentially life-saving drug was prescribed for William Hewes, but it was not administered quickly enough due to a communication mix-up.
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UK doctors achieve first: tumor removed using keyhole surgery through the eye
Leeds surgeons first to use new type of surgery that gives hope to patients whose cancers were previously inoperable.
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Fake doctor injected patients with unknown substance at London hospital
A woman posing as a doctor at a London hospital injected a patient with an unknown substance.
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87-year-old woman died after being blown over by helicopter at Plymouth hospital, inquest reveals
Jean Langan suffered fatal head injuries while leaving Derriford hospital in Plymouth, jury hears
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Hospital seeks to recover £95K from nurse involved in fraud
A hospital which paid nearly £95,000 in wages to a fraudulent nurse has said it will attempt to get some of the money back from her.
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Repair bill for crumbling NHS buildings in England soars to almost £14bn
NHS Providers chief says ’vital bits of the NHS are literally falling apart after years of underinvestment’
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Doctor secured Lucy Letby’s hospital placement despite her being suspected of murder
Registrar who exchanged more than 1,000 messages with nurse tells public inquiry he believes he was misled
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Lucy Letby described as ’the elephant in the room’ at hospital with spike in baby deaths, inquiry reveals
The Thirlwall Inquiry heard that doctors did not discuss neonatal mortality or concerns raised about Letby until the new year following a pivotal board meeting in 2016
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NHS trust admits contaminated feed caused baby’s death after ten years of denial
Guy’s and St Thomas’ trust tells inquest highly vulnerable Aviva Otte was given nutritional product containing deadly bacteria
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Inquest begins in London into infant’s death linked to contaminated IV nutrition
During the hearing, the mother described the loss of Yousef Al-Kharboush at nine days old in 2014 as the "worst experience a parent could have."
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Superbug, doctor shortages, and neonatal unit failures at Lucy Letby hospital revealed
As the Thirwall hearings approach, the Guardian has discovered concerns were repeatedly raised about alarming shortcomings at Countess of Chester
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BT fined more than £17m over ‘catastrophic’ 999 call failure
System missed 14,000 emergency calls after technical faults caused nearly 11 hours of disruption last summer
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Woman who killed neighbour’s little girl, 11, with bedbug poison gas spared prison
A judge found that Akter’s decision to import the poison gas from Italy on a passenger flight could have caused a "catastrophic mid-air incident and put hundreds of lives at risk"
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Horrified Russian pilot dobs in 30 fellow bombers after strike on children’s hospital
Shortly after the bombing in Kyiv this week - which sent terrified children attached to drips fleeing for their lives - the mystery flier secretly contacted Ukraine’s security service
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Russia has launched a massive attack on Ukraine
On the morning of July 8, the aggressor country of Russia launched a new missile attack on Ukraine.
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A U.S. healthcare firm involved in a Malta corruption scandal reportedly spent millions on private spies
U.S. healthcare operator Steward paid over $7 million to U.K.-based intelligence firms that conducted surveillance and disinformation operations against its critics — and even a Steward employee.
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The NHS faces a potential staff exodus, with one in five planning to quit if the Tories are re-elected
Labour’s Wes Streeting appealed to hospital staff to ’stay and help Labour rebuild the NHS’ as a poll found as many as 22% could leave if Rishi Sunak sneaks back in
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Cyber attack forces three major hospitals to cancel surgeries
A cyber attack has forced three major hospitals to cancel operations and divert emergency patients elsewhere.
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Crumbling critical care unit prompts evacuation at Manchester hospital after ceiling collapse
Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester, has seen two ceilings crumble on the key radiology and critical care unit wards within weeks because of major leakage in the heating system
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A 10-year-old girl is hospitalized after consuming a sour sweet named "Black Death"
A 10-year-old girl ended up in hospital after burning her throat on the ‘world’s sourest sweet’, called Black Death.
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More than 2,000 hospital buildings predate NHS itself - with sewage leaks and broken lifts
At some NHS trusts two thirds of all buildings are more than 75 years old, sparking warnings that crumbling and outdated buildings are putting patients at risk