All news on the topic: NHS

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'I nearly lost my baby to an infection I didn't know I gave him during labour'
Group B Strep is the biggest killer of newborn babies in the UK, claiming the lives of one infant a week - yet new data shows more than two thirds of pregnant women had never been told about it
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'If Labour promises to spend, everyone but the Tories would be delighted'
The austerity dogma doesn't work, and the nation knows it says Fleet Street Fox. Keir Starmer needs to spend for Labour to gain full power
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Bizarre heatstroke symptom you can hear when you speak - signs to look out for
Symptoms of heatstroke need to be treated as a medical emergency as they can lead to include irritability, agitation, and slurred speech, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
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ADHD early symptoms as number of UK adults and boys diagnosed skyrockets
Experts from University College London found that the number of diagnoses in the UK has risen since 2000, following a study of seven million Brits from ages three to 99
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Doctor's warning signs of seven silent killer cancers - from bloating to fatigue
Silent cancer is a term often used to describe cancers that either do not show any noticeable early symptoms or when early symptoms can be mild and overlap with other less severe conditions
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NHS consultants to strike for another two days in August as pay row deepens
The senior doctors were already due to walkout this week but the BMA has now unveiled two more strikes dates for top medics next month
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Waits of a year for NHS treatment soar by 15% - despite PM's vow to slash delays
The Liberal Democrats said the figures revealed the 'stark postcode lottery' for NHS treatment, with waits of a year more far more common in some parts of England compared to other regions
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Major Alzheimer’s breakthrough with new drug that 'beats' devastating disease
Experts believe the two drugs could be 'the beginning of the end' for the disease after initial trial results shown to slow dementia progression
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Heart attack warning as ‘sudden’ anxiety could signal medical emergency
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has warned of the lesser-known symptoms of a heart attack that are often overlooked, including the feeling of a panic attack and excessive coughing
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Tony Blair says NHS 'not serving its purpose' and needs more private sector help
Former Labour Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair said 'private' shouldn't be seen as a 'dirty word' as he called for 'complete cooperation' between public and private sector in the NHS
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Woman thought she was seeing a GP but actually wasn't - days later she was dead
Emily Chesterton, 30, died after going to a GP practice in London and she was seen by a physician associate rather than a doctor who failed to diagnose her blood clot
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Genital herpes red flag as symptom that strikes in your leg could signal STI
Pharmacist Abbas Kanani has warned about a red flag symptom of genital herpes which causes tingling or shooting pains in the legs, hips or buttocks during the early stages of an infection
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Crumbling hospitals crisis as cases of leaking buildings and power cuts emerge
Shocking new cases have emerged showing the dire state of the NHS' hospitals as they suffer from leaks and power cuts, whilst made of crumbling concrete
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‘My daughter saved my life using Alexa’ reveals mum - setting you need to know
27-year-old Emma Anderson from Glasgow says her six-year-old daughter Darcey saved her life twice by calling for help from Amazon Alexa - and said she is a ‘wee superstar’
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Virus sweeping through Europe hits UK - most common early symptoms of bird flu
Bird flu has been spotted in the UK, with two more poultry workers testing positive for the virus - these are the most common early symptoms of the virus to look out for
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'Silent killer’ five million people in the UK don’t know they have
While one in four adults have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, a huge number of Brits don't even realise they are suffering from it
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'Desperate state of NHS dentistry is putting more pressures on other services'
When 90% of NHS practices are no longer accepting new patients it is not surprising that one in five adults are no longer registered with a dentist - the Government needs to act
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MPs call for dental reform as dentist shortage sees 10% pull own teeth out
The Commons Health and Social Care Committee launched a review when a poll revealed 22% of people are not ­registered with a ­practice and 23% of those said they could not afford soaring treatment costs
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Toddler hours from death kept alive by revolutionary heart transplant box
The then 18-month-old girl was first to use the device on board a children's air ambulance after she suffered heart failure and was flown almost 180 miles to save her life
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'I pulled out 4 teeth because I couldn't see an NHS dentist - now I'm in debt'
Grant Lakey, 58, pulled out four teeth at his home in Bromley, south east London, before taking out a a £6,000 loan to have six implants in Turkey after failing to get access to an NHS dentist
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Nurses furious after being fobbed off with 'lowest pay rise in public sector'
Rishi Sunak will have to explain to 'over a million outraged NHS workers' after yesterday's pay announcement, Royal College of Nursing chief Pat Cullen said
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7 symptoms you need to know as UK city on brink of Victorian disease outbreak
The UK Health Security Agency has warned that London could end up at the heart of a measles outbreak that could see as many as 160,000 cases
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999 services face huge bills as Home Office 'disconnected from reality, MPs find
A bombshell report by the Commons Public Accounts Commitee found that despite ploughing £2billion into the Emergency Services Network (ESN) communication, there is no evidence it will work
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Love Island's Paige snubbed from paramedic job after sharing hopes to return
Love Island's Paige Thorne hoped to return to her job as a paramedic but has now revealed the real reason why she no longer works in the job she loved before the ITV show
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'Rishi Sunak finally realises public sector workers deserve pay rise'
Teachers, doctors and nurses deserved to be paid more but they also deserve to work in schools that are not crumbling, hospitals that are not overcrowded, and wards with enough beds and scanners