All news on the topic: NHS

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'Digitised NHS too hard for the old, life would be frightening for mum today'
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's mum's final years were happy, she had carers and could phone for help, but life for her today would be frightening and confusing as a digitised NHS proves too hard for older people to access
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Prince Harry's 'stupidity' blasted by doctor over 'seriously damaging' drug chat
The Duke of Sussex said that marijuana "really helped him" mentally, but taking cocaine "did nothing for him", in a candid live Q&A with trauma expert Dr Gabor Maté
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'Pricey ear wax removal problem must be solved and quickly as GPs stop service'
Miriam Stoppard reveals that more than two million people are suffering from the need to have earwax removed now the service has been stopped by GPs
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EastEnders star, 53, in tears as he welcomes twins with his wife in first snaps
EastEnders actor Stephen Rahman-Hughes and his wife have welcomed two baby boys just 18 months after having their daughter and following years of 'patiently hoping for children'
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Firefighters call off strike action as union accepts new backdated pay offer
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said members voted "overwhelmingly" to accept a pay settlement is for 7% backdated to July 2022, plus an additional 5% from July 2023
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Black nurse told to 'bleach skin white' so patients would be nicer wins £25,000
Adelaide Kweyama was told to bleach her skin by a senior nurse. Now she has been awarded £25,000 from the NHS after a tribunal hearing agreed she had been the victim of race-related harassment
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More than 17,000 NHS consultants would vote to strike in ballot next month
The British Medical Association held a consultative ballot to find out if NHS consultants would be prepared to strike over pay and pensions. It will now proceed with a formal ballot next month
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'I spent a day as a GP receptionist and learnt why they ask so many questions'
Mirror writer Nia Dalton spent a day with GP receptionists at Horfield Health Centre in Bristol and learnt why it's so hard to get an appointment, as they battle NHS pressures and abusive patients
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'Labour must fix decay in NHS dentistry if it wins power at next election'
Funding cuts and “perverse” payment contracts blamed by dentists must be rectified. And if that doesn’t work, the NHS recruiting and directly employing thousands of dentists will be needed
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Desperate patients extract own teeth as 11million wait to see NHS dentist
With one in four Brits unable to get or afford a dentist appointment, a Mirror investigation has highlighted the extent of the NHS dentistry crisis from ripping out teeth with shoelaces to seeking appointments overseas
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Health chiefs splashed thousands on fancy taps as NHS begged for PPE in pandemic
Health Minister Will Quince confirmed that the Department of Health spent £15,300 on 14 lavish wash and dry devices at the height of the first Covid lockdown, with Labour branding it 'one rule for them and another for everyone else'
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Brit's organs 'turn to concrete' after gastric sleeve op in Turkey
A 45-year-old woman from the UK has been left fighting for her life when a gastric sleeve operation in Turkey left her stomach 'like concrete' before she developed life-threatening sepsis
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Rod Stewart to pay for 'pioneering medial treatment' for fan with rare condition
Sir Rod Stewart recently paid for Brits to have essential medical scans but the rocker is branching out and has vowed to pay for a fan to go to the US for treatment
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Union calls off ambulance strikes after Government agrees to pay talks
More than 13,000 ambulance workers were due to go on strike on March 6 and 8 but, after Unite joined Unison and the GMB in calling off the walk-outs, there will be a full service this upcoming week
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'Scientists looking deep into genes inside cells to find out how drugs work'
We have life-saving drugs that interact directly with DNA to treat diseases such as cancer but scientists had struggled to detect how and why they worked – until now
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Dad waiting for transplant as doctor warns of Black and Asian donor shortage
Ayo Samuel, 58, is trying to find a live donor to help change his life as he is desperate to join his grandchildren Harry, eight, Luca, six and Hunter, five, for a game of football
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Mum's heartbreak over string of failures that led to daughter's death at just 22
Laura Davis, 22, took her own life after she was given a plastic bag and allowed access to a ligature at Arbury Court psychiatric intensive care facility in Warrington, Cheshire
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Man left partially paralysed and unable to speak after partying for a month
After a whole month of partying, drugs and excessive alcohol consumption, Alex Sloan, 28, was left partially paralysed for eight months and could not speak for four months
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Sunak accused of Eat out to Help Out 'cover up' as WhatsApps show Covid fears
Leaked messages allege that Mr Hancock said he'd kept concerns about the scheme 'out of the news' and on another occasion he joked to his aide: 'He [Sunak] hasn’t launched another eat out to help the virus get about has he?'
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Daughter shares final messages with dad before he died alone in Covid pandemic
Sonya's dad didn't respond to her final message before he passed away at the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020 and she has blasted rule-breaking Tories who stopped her "last goodbye"
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Toothbrush habits may increase risk of cancer-causing infection, new study warns
Poor oral health makes it more likely to catch a virus linked to certain types of malignancy
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'Our beloved NHS is in crisis - it's time for the Government to listen and act'
Our NHS – the pride and joy of the country – is in crisis and it needs to be looked after properly, and so does everyone who works in it from the paramedics to the cleaners
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Nikki Grahame's mum calls for ban on dangerous diet apps after daughter's death
The Sunday Mirror signed up to several apps that encourage people to lose weight by starving themselves with some users bragging they had gone hungry for five days or more
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Infected blood victims told they can't bring laywers to meeting with minister
Jason Evans, of the Factor 8 campaign group, said victims had been invited to a meeting with Paymaster General Jeremy Quin on Tuesday - and lawyers had been due to attend
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Hundreds of patients rushed to hospital by taxi due to ambulance shortages
One scandal-hit service ferried 27 critical condition patients by cab. Each person was on a category 1 call, meaning they needed life-saving intervention or resuscitation