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Why Covid is still flooring some people/in /by
A lot of us know someone who has felt pretty rough with the most recent form of the virus.
Avoidable 111 calls may risk lives over Christmas, service head warns/in /by
The north-west of England service says repeat medication orders on bank holidays add unnecessary pressure.
Volunteers breathe polluted air to test impact on brain/in /by
Scientists are assessing how exposure to different kinds of air pollution impacts the brain.
IT failures causing patient deaths, says NHS safety body/in /by
One patient was wrongly identified as not to be resuscitated because of slow access to digital records.
Autism diagnosis wait times hit 300 days – NHS data/in /by
The number of people waiting for an autism diagnosis is up 50% over the past 12 months.
The quest to find healthy and cheap sweeteners/in /by
Start-up firms are producing new sweeteners but will they be able to compete with sugar?
Blackpool nurse and colleague jailed over drugging patients/in /by
Catherine Hudson, 54, and Charlotte Wilmot, 48, conspired to unlawfully drug patients at a hospital.
Doctors’ warning after man tears hole in throat trying to stop sneeze/in /by
The patient was taken to hospital in severe pain after he pinched his nose and closed his mouth.
Revealed: The hospitals struggling the most in England as winter bites/in /by
NHS leaders say patients in England at risk because of dangerous delays in emergency care system.
Postcode check: How’s the NHS coping in your area?/in /by
As the NHS enters 2024 and a difficult winter period, find out what's happening in your area.