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NHS trust fined £1.3m over deaths of two patients after staff mistakes
Shrewsbury and Telford trust admits failing to provide safe care to Mohammed Ismael Zaman and Max Dingle
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
18, May, 2022 @2:13 PM

Can’t buy your hay fever medicine? Don’t panic, there are other ways to get through the pollen season
There’s a shortage of a key ingredient in some popular drugs, but sufferers can turn to other treatments and strategies to help
Emine Saner
18, May, 2022 @12:33 PM

UK healthcare workers: how has the cost of living crisis affected your work?
We would like to hear from healthcare workers and those working in social care about the impact of the rising cost of living
Guardian community team
18, May, 2022 @10:35 AM

Parents of girl who died after eating Pret sandwich launch food allergy study
Trial to look at whether everyday foods can be used as treatment to improve tolerance to allergies
Emily Dugan and agency
18, May, 2022 @8:13 AM

The death of a US marine veteran
After a tour on the ‘mortuary affairs’ squad gathering human remains in Iraq, marine Christian Slater slowly unraveled
Neal Hirschfeld
18, May, 2022 @8:00 AM

Covid support schemes left ‘open goal’ to fraudsters, says watchdog
Public Accounts Committee report says business department efforts to identify fraud came after trails had ‘long ago gone cold’
Kalyeena Makortoff
17, May, 2022 @11:01 PM

Numbers of nurses and midwives leaving NHS highest for four years
More nurses leave NHS than at any time since Covid struck, many reporting stress as their main reason
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
17, May, 2022 @11:01 PM

Sajid Javid told dementia patients ‘need change now’ as 10-year plan launched
Campaigners welcome health secretary’s promise of ‘seismic shift’ in care, but say it must be backed by urgent funding and delivery
Andrew Gregory Health editor
17, May, 2022 @5:38 PM

NHS risks losing GPs to ‘nonsensical’ immigration rules, Priti Patel told
Overseas-born doctors must stay for five years to get leave to remain, but GP training lasts only three years
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
17, May, 2022 @4:59 PM

Why Britain’s housing market is crumbling | Letters
Letters: Steve Smart, Ken Baldry, Alan Gent and Margaret Dickinson respond to a piece by Simon Jenkins on the chronic shortage of homes and climbing prices
Letters
17, May, 2022 @4:52 PM

Discredit where it’s due for ‘hepeat’ offenders | Brief letters
Brief letters: Sexist behaviour | Lib Dems and Tories | Making the Green party count | Gandhi T-shirt | Nature springs back
17, May, 2022 @4:49 PM

Osteoporosis patients should not be afraid to exercise regularly, say experts
UK’s first exercise guidance on bone disease affecting 3m in Britain encourages people to move more
Andrew Gregory health editor
17, May, 2022 @5:00 AM
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