Tag: NHS

A surgeon at a crisis-hit NHS trust used a Swiss Army penknife to open up the chest of a patient because he claimed he could not find a sterile scalpel.

'Prevention' will not save the NHS, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. Wes Streeting proclaims it like he's discovered the golden ticket, but so too did every Health Secretary of the past 25 years.

Nurses have voted to reject the Government's pay rise offer of 5.5% with an announcement timed to coincide with Chancellor Rachel Reeves addressing the Labour party conference.

Lord Darzi's 'independent' report skates over the NHS's systemic flaws and pushes for a digital band-aid that's likely to be a tasty prize for Big Tech, says the Daily Sceptic's in-house doctor.

Labour Minister Jess Phillips has said she received "quicker" NHS treatment because she voted in favour of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after a Palestinian doctor recognised her.

Keir Starmer has confirmed the Government could ban smoking in pub gardens and other outdoor areas, arguing it would reduce the "burden" on the NHS.

More than 500 children a day in England are being referred to NHS mental health services for anxiety, more than double the rate before the pandemic began, as experts blame the disruption of lockdowns.

The NHS is being slammed by Marina Waldron's parents for ignoring crucial AstraZeneca vaccine warnings, which they say directly led to her preventable death from rare blood clots.

The Health Ombudsman has submitted evidence to an investigation into the NHS arguing that the veneration of the service as a 'national religion' has protected it from criticisms that it needs to hear and should respond to.

Conspiracy theories swirl around Lucy Letby, the ex-nurse convicted of killing seven babies, but experts from neonatology to statistics are also questioning the convictions, say Tom Ball and Tom Whipple in the Times.