The condition and its risks Scores of women have suffered severe complications, including emergency hysterectomies and life-threatening haemorrhage, because medical…
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More than 1,000 hospital patients whose conditions were rapidly deteriorating have been identified by NHS staff using Martha’s Rule in…
Advanced practitioners are not unsafe substitutes, but vital parts of the NHS workforce – a role backed by evidence and…
Nearly half of NHS hospital trusts are using non-doctors to fill doctors’ roles, new research reveals, prompting the British Medical…
A woman has been left unable to recall her wedding day or formative moments in her children’s lives after undergoing…
Nearly two in five operations cancelled at the last minute in England could be avoided, according to a major analysis…
A major hormone replacement therapy producer has been formally censured for “systemic failures” that put patients at risk, following whistleblowing…
Major AI chatbots are generating dangerously inaccurate and inconsistent answers to sensitive health questions, according to new research, raising urgent…
A nurse who was suspended after addressing a transgender patient with male pronouns has reached a confidential settlement with her…
NHS England has launched a new push to eradicate the “unacceptable, undignified” practice of treating patients in corridors, setting a…