Topic: NHS
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Campaigners push for permanent sickle cell day unit after centre’s closure
Emergency treatment centre attached to Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel closed in January despite a 42,000-strong petition to save it
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Prioritising UK medical graduates like me will not fix the NHS
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has announced plans to put British-trained doctors at the front of the queue for crucial speciality training posts
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‘Forwarded many times’: the false health hacks shared through family WhatsApp groups
From group chats sharing holistic ‘cures’ to medical myths, why are minority communities disproportionately affected by health misinformation?
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Streeting’s fight with doctors could win him headlines but cost him his legacy
The health secretary accused the doctors’ union of ‘juvenile delinquency’. But he’ll need striking medics on side if he wants to fix the NHS
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Lack of interpreters contributed to deaths of 16 children last year
MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy calls for ringfenced cash to tackle problem as research by National Child Mortality Database finds issue is worsening
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Shoulders, knees and toes: the two retirees helping women break language barriers to healthcare
How do you express pain in your second language? Friends from Nottingham set out to improve health outcomes by teaching English medical vocabulary
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I’m a GP who reversed falling vaccination rates in my local area. Here’s how
Dr Zoyah Hussain, who leads on immunisations in her area of West Yorkshire, dispels myths and explains how her work is helping buck the national trend
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Inquest finds Black Muslim woman died after missed opportunities in care
Ayaan Ali Waeys died of natural causes, coroner concludes, but says medics had chances to ‘change course of events’
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Black Muslim woman’s death caused by missed pregnancy complication, inquest told
An inquest heard that Ayaan Ali Waeys, 35, should have been admitted to hospital with pre-eclampsia. Her family believe discrimination played a part
