- NewsWill Taylor
20,000 assaults on emergency workers recorded in first year of new law
Three quarters were assaults by beating and nine in 10 were against police officers.
- NewsWill Taylor
Cancer patients avoid asking questions to 'overstretched' doctors and nurses, charity says
Some 220,000 calls have been made to Macmillan's free support line this year, with 65,000 people helped by the charity.
- NewsJoe Gamp
NHS worker assaulted in 'appalling' unprovoked attack as he tends to injured patient
Cyclist paramedic Ian Shortman was on his knees treating a patient when a man sprinted up towards him and booted him in the head in Manchester city centre.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Patient anger at ‘exorbitant’ parking costs as one in three hospitals increase their prices
Hospitals in England made more than £254 million from parking charges last year, an investigation found.
- NewsWill Taylor
Jeremy Corbyn defends use of NHS trade documents amid Russian influence claims
The Labour leader has used the documents to suggest the NHS is “on the table” as part of a post-Brexit deal with the US, although this has been denied by Tories.
- NewsAndy Wells
Politicians are 'least trusted profession in the UK'
MPs are less trusted than ad executives, estate agents and bankers.
- NewsWill Taylor
Pensioner left lying on wet ground for three hours waiting for an ambulance
A nurse said 'cuts and lack of investment in our NHS' had led to her mother having to wait on the cold and wet ground.
- NewsJames Morris
Corbyn frames election as 'fight for NHS' as he presents 'proof' of US Brexit deal talks
The Labour leader presented a 451-page document covering six rounds of government talks with the US between 2017 and earlier this year.
- NewsAndy Wells
The 360: Who can you trust to take care of the NHS?
The NHS is a major topic of debate in the general election.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Brexit less important to British families than health, poll reveals
Health is the top priority for Britons and their families, a poll revealed, even in the face of Brexit.
- NewsAndy Wells
No-deal Brexit ‘will put lives at risk’, according to outgoing Chief Medical Officer
There are fears that leaving the EU without a deal in place could hit imports of medicine.
- NewsJimmy Nsubuga
Boris Johnson confronted by furious dad of sick girl during hospital visit
The dad was not happy his daughter had to wait two hours for treatment after she was rushed to hospital.
- NewsAndy Wells
Two in five hospital patients ‘never have visitors’, research suggests
Nurses felt these patients endured longer stays in hospital.
- NewsEllen Manning
Cancer screening, admin, freeing up beds: How could AI improve the NHS?
Following the government announcement that it is committing £250m towards AI to help the NHS, we look at ways it could be used to help the healthcare sector.
- NewsAndy Wells
Listeria outbreak: Sixth person dies after eating pre-packaged hospital sandwich
The person fell ill while a patient at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
