All news on the topic: NHS

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Nurse confronts Health Secretary during hospital visit in awkward encounter
Steve Barclay was given the stark message at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, North London, on the day thousands of nurses walk out in a bitter dispute over pay and patient safety
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Terminal cancer patient joins picket line to support nurses who 'kept her alive'
A terminal cancer patient publicly thanked the nurses who 'kept her alive' and supported them in their strike action today. Claire Mooney said she supported the thousands of nurses who walked out across the country today
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UN agency rejects Tory ministers' claims it backs 'draconian' anti-strike laws
The PM Rishi Sunak and the Business Secretary Grant Shapps have both highlighted the International Labour Organisation when defending proposals to impose 'minimum service levels' during industrial action
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Doctor explains why a hacking cough sweeping the UK - and how to sooth pain
Thousands of Brits are suffering from a nasty cough virus which seemingly refuses to go away, but experts have said this could be down to lowered resistance to infections.
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Ambulance staff and nurses to strike on same day as union unveils four new dates
The GMB union said more than 10,000 paramedics, emergency care assistants and call handlers would down tools on February 6 and 20, and March 6 and 20, in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay
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Rishi Sunak confronted over 'lethal chaos' in NHS after death of woman, 26
Labour leader Keir Starmer told MPs about the tragic case of a woman called Stephanie, from Plymouth, whose mum called 999 - but the ambulance failed to arrive in time
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Tearful nurse due to leave job today for £8,000 pay rise U-turned to join strike
Jade McCauley, 34, had handed in her notice as a community nurse at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield in tears before u-turning and joining strikers on the picket line
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Do you support nurses and ambulance workers going on strike? Have your say
'People aren't dying because nurses are striking. Nurses are striking because people are dying' says union
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Have regular sex to tackle ‘agonising’ gout symptoms, study suggests
Famed for cursing the rich and wealthy, experts have claimed that more sex could help tackle symptoms of gout, and 'improving gout management results in better sexual health'.
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Doctor explains why Brits are plagued with never-ending coughs this winter
Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, explains why rates of lower and upper respiratory tract infections are well above the average
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Teen's 'life saved' as savvy Specsavers optician sees rare condition scan missed
After Carly Stewart's vision suddenly deteriorated, the ‘almost blind’ 19-year-old's life was saved thanks to a keen-eyed optician who spotted the abnormality
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'Paying strike-breaking nurses is a bit rich - what a pity we can't sack Tories'
The £40 per hour inducement to cross picket lines at York Hospital is unlikely to be the only instance of lucrative deals being dangled before the eyes of replacement staff
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NHS bosses offer nurses £40/hour to cross picket line - but refuse fair pay deal
Recruitment firms are offering nurses £40 an hour to cross the picket line ahead of a two-day walk out, despite Downing Street saying for months there is no extra cash
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Beth Mead releases heartfelt statement following tragic news of mum's death
Arsenal forward and Lioness star Beth Mead has thanked her family and the wider football world for their support following the passing of her mum, June, earlier this month
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Man told 'you sound like you're feeling sorry for yourself' by 111 before dying
David Nash has died at 26 years-old after needing an urgent in-person consultation with a healthcare professional, but instead had five ‘shambolic’ calls with NHS 111
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Girl, 3, with leukaemia turned away by doctors 10 times as mum begged for help
A mum in Scotland repeatedly asked doctors for a blood test for the strange symptoms her daughter was experiencing. Ilona Zahorszki, from Hamilton, finally got the news that her daughter Theano has leukaemia on New Year's Day
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Nurses strikes - how much do nurses earn and how does it compare to other jobs
With the strike deadlock between NHS nurses and the government not looking likely to break anytime soon, we’ve looked at what the NHS heroes earn and how this compares with other professions
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'I ran Amber Gill's socials during Love Island - abuse caused me to break down'
Mart Tweedy had to sift through 3,000 messages of abuse daily whilst managing Love Island 2019 winner Amber Gill's social media accounts
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Dad found out water 'coming out of one side of his mouth' was serious condition
Phil Woodford, from Preston, has told how he spent five months in hospital with a serious condition after he started feeling unwell, slurring his words, and had water coming out the side of his mouth
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Rishi Sunak faces 'sacking of nurses bill' fury at 'insulting' anti-strike plan
Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner branded the Government's controversial Strikes (Minimum Services) Bill 'irrational and so insulting' as protesters gathered outside Downing Street during a tense debate
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Nurses to strike on two more days in February as dozens more trusts take action
The RCN union announced nurses will be striking on February 6 and 7 across 73 NHS trusts in England and Wales - see our list below to see if your local trust will be affected
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'The Government is letting schools down, just like it’s letting down our NHS'
'Teachers don’t want to strike – but Government is so far not even willing to talk directly about pay and funding,' says NEU Joint General Secretary Kevin Courtney
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Try our NHS tracker to see how long delays are at your local hospital
Just enter your postcode and local trust into the widget to see how long you might have to wait in A&E - and how quickly an ambulance could get to you
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'Wealthy Boris Johnson living rent-free in a £20m mansion is just plain greedy'
Mirror reader Bill Cook pulls no punches when it comes to the behaviour of our former Prime Minister. What do YOU think?
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This Morning fans fume at 'patronising' DIY healthcare segment amid NHS crisis
This Morning viewers at home seemed largely disturbed by the segment, with several labelling it ‘patronising’ as well as an indicator of ‘worrying times’ in the UK