A patient locked inside his own body after a brainstem stroke could only communicate by blinking one eyelid. For days, the consultants in the intensive therapy unit and his family…
Author: James Whitfield
James Whitfield
Editor-in-Chief
James Whitfield is the Editor-in-Chief of Health News Daily, bringing over 15 years of experience in health journalism. A former health correspondent for regional UK publications, James oversees editorial policy, standards and final approval of all published content. He specialises in NHS policy, healthcare reform and the political decisions that shape the UK's health system. James is committed to delivering accurate, transparent and trustworthy health reporting for UK readers.
· 15+ years in health journalism, former regional health correspondent, newsroom editorial leadership
· NHS funding and workforce planning, waiting list policy, primary care access, GP and dentistry shortages, Continuing Healthcare assessments, health legislation and DHSC decisions
More than 1,300 patients a month in England are dying needlessly because of long A&E waits, according to new analysis from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) – a…
Millions of middle-aged Britons are silently struggling with care responsibilities, a landmark report has revealed, painting a stark picture of a national emergency where adult children are propping up the…
A 13-year-old boy from Cornwall is calling for more O negative and B negative blood donors after a catastrophic haemorrhage following surgery last year left him needing 23 units of…
A senior nurse who fraudulently claimed nearly £20,000 by adding shifts she never worked to a hospital’s electronic roster has been struck off the nursing register. Faith Chareka, a former…
A patient whose partner suffered a near-fatal ordeal during maternity care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has said the root cause was not austerity but an ingrained arrogance and…
In northern Ghana’s Upper East Region, women in labour are crossing swollen rivers by canoe, walking for hours along flooded clay paths doubled over with contractions, or clinging to the…
A mother risked death crossing flooded rivers in the dead of night to deliver her twins safely — only to face a new and relentless ordeal born of the same…
A five-year-old girl suffered severe pain and bleeding after a wrong vaginal pessary prescription, leaving her screaming and her skin burned, according to a report by the Parliamentary and Health…
Proposed ban on political symbols NHS staff could be banned from wearing politically aligned badges on their uniforms, including symbols such as the Palestine flag, under recommendations put forward by…