Nurse falsified patient records to get cheaper weight-loss drugs
It emerged the nurse had been prescribing patients’ courses of Ozempic and Trulicity, printing them off on paper,…
Britain’s top gynaecologist: ‘Women outlive men, but at a cost to their health’
The gynaecology waiting list has fallen during her time in the role – by 30,000 between June 2024…
NHS braces for worst flu season since pandemic
Prof Frankie Swords, the NHS medical director, said there were indications of looming winter pressure for the health…
Tories tell migrants: Pay your NHS bill or we’ll deport you
In theory, unpaid NHS bills can affect immigration status. The Home Office can take into account NHS debts…
A compassionate society does not kill people
As a nurse I sat in cancer wards with patients as they came to terms with a terminal…
Assisted dying to go ahead even if NHS not ready, Tories warn
Assisted dying would come into force within four years of MPs passing it into law “regardless of whether…
Hospitals are overburdened with referrals – this is why they should push back
Most of those referrals will be “appropriate”, such as for those requiring a joint replacement for an arthritic…
Critically ill patient threatened over hospital parking ticket in Hull
Mr Matthews, a retired architect from Elloughton, East Yorkshire, said the family were paying £7.20 a week for…
Fat jabs drive NHS to spend twice as much treating diabetes
Ozempic and Mounjaro have helped drive a doubling in NHS spending on diabetes treatments. The cost of medicines…
Alzheimer’s drug could save thousands in care costs
Corinne Mills, the deputy chief executive at Alzheimer’s Society, said: “Disease-modifying treatments mark the beginning of a new…
Father died after doctors ‘dismissed headaches as ear infection’
After three days, his son Toby was forced to switch his father’s life support machine off. Toby, a…
Prostate cancer patients urged to share medical records
Prof Peter Johnson, the NHS national clinical director for cancer, said: “We’ll be contacting over half a million…