The number of patients waiting more than a year for NHS treatment has risen 100-fold in a year, new figures show. Across England, 139,545 people had
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NHS prescriptions for outdoor walks create more anxiety than spontaneously enjoying nature, study finds
NHS prescriptions for walks in the park have fewer mental health benefits than spontaneously enjoying nature as they put people under pressure, a study has
Lack of proper plan to make NHS digital risks wasting billions, MPs warn
Attempts to make the NHS go digital are failing and billions more pounds are at risk of being wasted in the absence of a proper
The NHS ‘may well have been the single biggest problem over Covid’
The health service’s “lack of capacity and lack of flexibility” has been “very, very alarming” over the coronavirus pandemic, according to Telegraph columnist and former
NHS algorithm wrongly predicted postponing cancer treatments during first Covid wave
However, new analysis published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that increasing the wait to surgery from six to 12 weeks would increase the risk
NHS pays out ‘two multi-million pound settlements a week’ for maternity failings
The NHS is settling around two multi-million pound payouts every week for failings in maternity care, its head of complaints has told MPs. This year,
NHS Covid app risk level changed to force more people into self-isolation
The Telegraph understands that the Government is considering allowing a Christmas window in which families can meet, with lockdowns on either side of the festive
‘Protect the NHS’ was an unhelpful message, leading GP says
Britain’s top GP has said “Protect the NHS” was an “unhelpful” message, warning of the risks of virtual consultations amid a rise in suspected cancer cases.
NHS staff and families accounted for one in six Covid hospital cases, study reveals
The team at Glasgow University examined data from 158,445 healthcare workers in Scotland aged between 18 and 65 and 229,905 of their household members, and
NHS staff ‘ashamed’ they can’t serve good food to patients
The authors said it was wrong that mothers who gave birth in the middle of the night, or people who had come out of surgery,
