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NHS doctors operated on the wrong body part of nearly 100 patients during a six-month period last year, it has been revealed.
Health board admits fatal infections probably caused by water system ⊖
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde had consistently denied its water system was responsible for causing infections which led to the deaths of cancer patients.
Fury as NHS tells midwives to back cousin marriage as 'only' 15 per cent have deformed babies ⊖
New guidance says concerns about the risks of congenital diseases are 'exaggerated' and 'unwarranted' on the grounds that '85 to 90 per cent of cousin couples do not have affected children'.
I went to A&E with a broken wrist and caught a dose of ‘I’ve been lucky’ syndrome | Polly Toynbee ⊖⊖
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Yes, ‘corridor care’ horrors persist, yet statistics show my timely, efficient treatment wasn’t a matter of fortune but quite ordinary
It was a bad start to the new year. Slipping on ice, I fell and b…
How hard can it be to run 13 miles? With help from the pub, park and peas I am finding out | Barry Glendenning ⊕⊕
Goaded by my colleague into a half-marathon, I can’t say I’m enjoying the training but I’m slowly improving, and at least Great Ormond Street benefits
My name is Barry and I’m a runner. As a clinicall…
'A victory for common sense': Nurses who sued NHS trust over transgender colleague using female changing rooms succeed in landmark sex discrimination claim ⊕⊕
The nurses sued an NHS trust claiming sexual discrimination and sexual harassment because transgender nurse Rose Henderson was able to share female changing rooms.
Prostate cancer breakthrough: life-extending drug will be offered to thousands of men within weeks ⊖⊖
For the first time, patients whose prostate cancer has not spread will be eligible for the drug abiraterone in England, after NHS chiefs widened access to the treatment.
Labour told to protect ALL women and stop 'dragging its heels' on single-sex spaces after female nurses win landmark tribunal over trans colleague sharing changing room ⊕⊕
In a landmark tribunal decision, a judge ruled NHS bosses had 'violated the dignity' of the eight female nurses, who won their legal challenge against a transgender woman.
NHS trans case ruling ramps up pressure for guidance ⊖
The nurses' partial victory adds pressure on the government to publish guidance for businesses that have single-sex spaces.
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