Health

Nurses and paramedics had been striking separately since last year, but thousands downed tools together in England on Monday, ahead of a week of disruption in Britain’s health service. Tens…

In the first project of its kind in Scotland, a hostel in Glasgow aims to stabilise alcoholics by giving them alcohol. It is 10:00 and Peter is getting his first…

England’s health secretary says he is worried and troubled by allegations of a “toxic culture” at one of the country’s biggest hospital trusts. In a letter, Steve Barclay said claims…

A junior doctor left a suicide note blaming her death entirely on the hospital where she worked. Vaish Kumar, 35, who was based at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QE), said…

Beth Matthews was 26 when she took her own life in a psychiatric unit run by The Priory – an inquest jury has found she was failed by the hospital.…

During the pandemic, nearly half a million people in the UK missed out on starting medication to help prevent heart attacks and strokes, a new study suggests. The British Heart…

Officials confirm new policy for England will begin on Thursday but say they are still working on final details. Ministers are yet to set out details of a Covid testing…

Passengers arriving in England from China will have to provide a negative Covid test before they board a flight, ministers have confirmed. It comes as several nations announced they would…

Ambulance unions have reacted with anger after the health secretary said they had “taken a conscious choice to inflict harm on patients”. Steve Barclay said unions had refused to work…

Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are to strike for two days next month in what is set to be their biggest walkout in the NHS’s history. The Royal…