All news on the topic: NHS

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Mum slams hospital after baby left disabled - 11 years later NHS admits fault
Adam Cheshire was left profoundly disabled after his care at birth at the scandal hit Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust fell woefully short. Eleven years on the trust has admitted 80% responsibility
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100,000 nurses and patients sign letter to Rishi Sunak calling for NHS wage rise
Nurses are planning to walk out next Monday and Tuesday at a bigger number of hospitals than previous action - with the NHS facing strikes everyday except Wednesday next week
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Surprising symptom that 40% of women suffer weeks before a heart attack
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death for women in the UK, but females are 50 percent more likely to be wrongly diagnosed when it comes to coronary problems than men
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Butcher breast surgeon could have hundreds more victims after old database found
Surgeon Ian Paterson was jailed in 2017 on 17 counts of wounding with intent, but 1,500 other patients have now been found following a review at Spire hospitals in the West Midlands
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Major UK hospital declares critical incident as struggling A&E department 'full'
The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary was flooded by "unprecedented attendances" to its A&E department which left it full and the hospital struggling to cope with "immense pressures"
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A twitching eye can sometimes be serious - signs, symptoms and when to see a GP
Eye twitches are usually caused by life's great stressors - namely anxiety, tiredness or exhaustion ... and by drinking caffeine or alcohol. But sometimes they can signal something more serious.
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Sunak branded 'pathetic' for attempt to pin blame on Labour for mass strikes
The Labour leader Keir Starmer made the comment at Prime Minister's Questions as up to half a million people take part in strike action - the biggest industrial action the country has has seen in over a decade
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Do you support workers going on strike? Take our poll
Half a million including teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards are all taking industrial action today
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Baby boy has spent his life in hospital as doctors are 'scared' to discharge him
Rowan-George Woodruff's mother Ashleigh Bamber says 'it's made me feel a lonely person' after being forced to drive 35 miles and back every day to see her son
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Teachers, civil servants and train drivers walk out in biggest strike in decade
Today's walkouts by five unions will be biggest day of strike action since 2011 - and will coincide with mass protests by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) against the Government's anti-strike legislation
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Greggs, Costa & Pret coffees have 'huge differences in caffeine', says report
Cappuccinos and espressos from major high street coffee chains have been compared to show which ones are a lot stronger than others
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Anti-strike bill is attack on fundamental right and an assault on working people
Let’s be clear, nobody wants to go on strike. Nurses, ambulance workers, firefighters, teachers, transport workers and civil servants are members of our communities and they care deeply about serving our society
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Mum lives with huge dent in head carved out to save her life from skin cancer
Barbora Hjkov now lives a full and cancer-free life with part of her head missing. After discovering a rare tumour, she went through a gruelling operation to remove part of her skull
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Boy, 8, dies from Strep A after being sent home from hospital twice
Mohammad Izaan Danish, 8, died on January 6 after catching Strep A and pneumonia. His mum Sajida Jabeen said she was 'angry' that doctors at Bradford Royal Infirmary had not cared for him sooner
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Britain's biggest health concerns unveiled as NHS lists top 10 most searched
The health service has published data on its most frequently-visited web pages for medical conditions, giving us a picture of what the public searches for most often
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Peter Andre says Emily decided to hide kids' identities to keep them 'normal'
Peter and Emily Andre have always kept their children, Amelia and Theo, out of the limelight and never show their faces on social media
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Medical students fear working in the NHS and told to 'drop out while you can'
EXCLUSIVE: Medical students are needed to help bolster an already understaffed NHS workforce, but financial difficulties and the prospect burnout from exhausting shifts has left many feeling worried about what the future holds
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'Simple solution to solving the strikes crisis is staring us all in the face''
Mirror reader Paul Methven's controversial proposal certainly wouldn't go down well with high-earners ... What do YOU think to his suggestion?
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Fight inflammation 'twice as well' by adding well-known foodstuff to your coffee
Many of us start the day with this potent pick-me-up - but there's a way of making it doubly good for you, according to research
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Thousands of ambulance workers to strike on February 10 in week of NHS walkouts
Unison's fresh date will mean strikes will now be happening across the NHS every day next week apart from Wednesday in a rolling wave of action set to cause huge disruption across the health service
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NHS consultants to be balloted on strikes as thousands 'driven out of jobs'
The British Medical Association (BMA) warns that morale in the NHS "has never been as low" and a 35% real-terms pay cut since 2009 means top medics are being "driven out of jobs they love"
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'No one wants to see kids miss more school but striking teachers have no choice'
The Voice of the Mirror says the Tories have exploited and undervalued teachers after years of plummeting wages, and strikes must lead to meaningful negotiations
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Neil Kinnock warned you about Tories 40 years ago - now he's warning you again
Neil Kinnock gave his famous 'I warn you' speech just days before Margaret Thatcher won the 1983 general election by a landslide, 40 years later, he says his prophetic words are now "so close to reality"
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Eating eggs could slash your risk of cardiovascular disease by 60 per cent
Munching through a certain amount of eggs a week has been found to have a positive impact on our wellbeing - but don't have too many, warns study
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Woman dies in hospital after being 'left in A&E corridor for 12 hours'
Tamara Davis, 31, was admitted to hospital in Brighton with a chest infection after she started coughing up blood at home. Her sister says she spent 12 hours in an A&E corridor before dying in intensive care.