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The scale of the deadly blood poisoning disease sepsis is "far worse" than previously thought as a "crippling" lack of data meant previous estimates were wide off the mark, a major study has revealed. The research by the York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) found there are at least 260,000...

Theresa May has been urged by charity chiefs to stop the NHS rationing treatment for seriously ill patients and to find more money for their care in the budget next month. About 30 health charities, including the Teenage Cancer Trust, National AIDS Trust and Motor Neurone Disease Association...

Pressure is growing on Phillip Hammond to soften the blow of business rates hikes in his Budget 2017, as focus falls on a "crippling" £635m jump in the bill for NHS trusts over the next five years. Industry lobby groups are also intensifying calls to offer relief for small businesses to stop...

The 'i' paper is doing and extensive report on the NHS this week, well worth the 50p a day :) As part of the Johnston Press investigation into the future of the health service, 44 regional blueprints drawn up by health service leaders to remodel the NHS in England have been analysed. Until...

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has conceded the NHS in England is facing "completely unacceptable" problems. He said there was "no excuse" for some of the difficulties highlighted during the BBC's NHS week and the government had a plan to help hospitals cope. A series of reports has revealed...

Hospitals are under such extreme pressure that they are in a state of “war”, a key government adviser on the NHS has admitted, in a frank assessment of the health service’s deepening crisis. Patrick Carter, who advises the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, on NHS efficiency, warned that the...

About 2,000 senior NHS doctors have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to urge her to increase spending on health and social care. The letter - read and signed by NHS consultants, associated specialists and GPs - is due to be posted from Brighton at 14:00 GMT on Thursday. It reads: "We have...

Government plans to treat more patients in the community are not easing pressure on NHS hospitals or saving money, says the National Audit Office. It looked at progress in England following the introduction of a £5.3bn Better Care Fund to help local authorities invest in services to keep...

The length of GP consultations in the NHS is "crazy" and risks undermining care if more patients are pushed out of hospitals, doctor leaders are warning. Average consultation length is 10 minutes in the UK - thought to be the shortest in the developed world. GP leaders said this was already...

The number of patients on hospital wards in England has been at unsafe levels at nine out of 10 NHS trusts this winter, BBC analysis shows. To minimise the risk of infections and delays in getting treatment, hospitals are meant to have no more than 85% of beds occupied. But the analysis showed...

One in six A&E departments face being closed or downgraded in the next four years, according to an analysis of NHS proposals. About 33 casualty departments in hospitals in 23 areas of the UK are facing either complete closure or being replaced with minor injuries units. The plans are part of...

NHS hospitals in England will have a legal duty to charge overseas patients upfront for non-urgent care if they are not eligible for free treatment. From April this year, so-called health tourists could be refused operations unless they agree to cover their costs in advance. NHS Improvement...

Staffers on the UK's National Health Service (NHS) networks are reportedly having trouble using Google services because the internet giant is mistakenly identifying the amount of traffic being generated as a botnet – a malicious collection of hacked computers. In an internal email, headed...

Fears of an American takeover of the NHS are an urban myth “on a par with alligators in sewers”, Liam Fox has said as he revealed that US trade talks will begin within days. Informal discussions will begin in Washington in the next week and Fox, the international trade secretary, hopes to lead a...

A pilot scheme in which patients are asked to show two forms of identification before receiving NHS treatment could compromise access to care, parliament’s spending watchdog has said. The public accounts committee urged caution before officials extend the scheme, saying it could lead to...

GPs seeking help with depression, addiction, stress and other mental health issues can now access support from the GP Health Service, following its launch on Monday 30 January. The world's first dedicated health service for GPs is now live, offering free, confidential help for GPs and GP...

A FORMER NHS worker has been awarded almost £1 million compensation after a shattered ankle ruined her life. Sandra Mehmetemin, of Hunt Avenue, Heybridge, was 53 when she suffered the bad break along with other injuries in a collision on the A414 in Maldon in 2009. The then NHS administrator...

A High Wycombe mental health support worker who falsely claimed over £12,500 from the NHS by using false sick notes has been sentenced to 12 weeks behind bars. Mano Lindsay, 63, of Brompton Close in Aylesbury, admitted to the offences on January 17 and was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison...

UK prices for generic cancer drugs have risen sharply in the past five years, restricting their use in treating NHS patients, research from the European Cancer Congress has found. Drugs such as tamoxifen and bulsufan are now 10 times more expensive despite no longer being under patent. The...

A patient who was evicted from a hospital after spending more than two years in a bed said he did not want to stay and "tried to get out of there". Adriano Guedes, 63, who suffers paralysis after a stroke in 2008, was admitted to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, in 2014. The...