NHS app could cure the 8am scramble for GP appointments
The “8am scramble” for GP appointments could be ended by allowing patients to order at-home urine and blood tests through the NHS app, a think-tank has suggested….
Millions turn to private healthcare after struggling to access the NHS since pandemic
But 59 per cent said they would not go private because they could not afford to. The vast majority of those who participated in the poll said…
Emergency, episode 1, review: turning real-life trauma into a queasy TV cliffhanger
The decision to broadcast Emergency (Channel 4) across four consecutive nights leaves an uneasy feeling. Like similar shows of this type, such as 24 Hours in A&E,…
Feeling a bit under the weather? Here’s why you should go to the pharmacy instead of your GP
Patients with minor illnesses should go to a pharmacy and not their GP as it could save the NHS £640 million a year, sector representatives have said….
Why you may be struggling to find an NHS dentist
intments as late as 10pm, NHS England announced last month as part of a new “treatment blitz” worth £50 million. But the backlog will probably take “years”…
Every mother has an NHS horror story – but we are too afraid to complain
In the company of other young mothers, I mention none of these things. I prefer to stay silent. Partly out of embarrassment and partly out of fear….
Trans activists’ censorship campaign is a danger to healthcare
Half a century after the Women’s Liberation Movement fought for a woman’s right to be free from rape, unwanted pregnancy, and endless household drudgery, we find ourselves…
Spot checks on GP face-to-face appointments axed despite patients struggling to see doctors
Spot checks on the number of face-to-face appointments being carried out by GPs have been axed, despite a fall in the proportion of in-person consultations. The Care…
Don’t bother applying for a job if you think people can’t change sex, NHS trust tells health official
A former NHS chief executive has been told not to apply to work with a transgender clinic because she believes that a person cannot change sex. Kate…
Each extra one per cent NHS pay rise means 500,000 fewer operations, say officials
Last year, the Department of Health provoked a backlash by proposing a one per cent rise for a million NHS workers ranging from nurses and midwives to…
The NHS still refuses to treat us like humans
Yesterday, I fully intended to raise a glass to the lifting of all Covid restrictions, but any joy in our restored freedom drained away at the thought…
The pandemic is over, but DIY testing could be here to stay
Squeezing droplets of fluid onto little white cassettes has become a fact of life for most since the mass rollout of lateral flow tests a year ago:…
How exercise transformed my experience of cancer
What’s more, the trials also found that exercise could reduce side effects from chemotherapy and even prevent cancer from spreading and returning, so boosting the chances of…
NHS trusts to get funding based on how well they clear Covid backlogs
Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, promised to introduce “a payment system that incentivises strong performance and delivers value for money for the public”. A government source said:…
No10 ‘culture clash’ over DIY abortion pills
The temporary ‘DIY abortion’ system could be made permanent, The Telegraph can disclose, amid a “culture clash” of beliefs in Government. No10 aides are understood to be…
Every hospital trust in England limiting visitors despite move towards ‘living with Covid’
Analysis by The Telegraph found that at least 34 hospital trusts across England still have routine visits suspended, with exceptions such as those for patients receiving end-of-life…
‘I was a doctor – but I quit to become an interior designer’
Part of the problem, Stevenson believes, is that junior doctors are not made aware of the potential mental toll that the job can take. “At university, she explains,…
‘Look at the screen’, GP told blind patient
One deafblind patient told the survey all their correspondence is being done remotely and over the phone due to Covid, despite “constant reminders” of their requirements and…
Emergency pension rules extended to stop exodus of senior NHS staff
The Government has announced plans to extend emergency pension measures to stop an NHS talent drain of thousands of the most experienced nurses, following pressure from Telegraph…
Doctors’ face masks ‘aggravated’ communication failure that led to fatal overdose
The wearing of face masks by doctors contributed to the death of a patient in an NHS hospital because they exacerbated communication problems, a coroner has said….
Nurses ‘sacked for speaking out about transgender patients on single-sex wards’
Nurses have been sacked for speaking out about trans patients on single-sex wards, Parliament has heard. Speaking in the House of Lords, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, a…
Record 20,000 patients have waited more than two years for NHS treatment
The Government and NHS England had set a target to clear the backlog of patients waiting two years by March 2022, but this has now been pushed…
We should restore tax relief on private healthcare
In the Commons on Tuesday, during exchanges about the parlous post-Covid state of the NHS, the veteran Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh had a suggestion. Why not…
Are we doomed to be the sick man of Europe, Mr Javid?
A Romanian who cut his hand while he was trying to murder his wife has been awarded £17,500 after he sued the NHS for “criminal negligence”. Lawyers…
‘Vegetables do get stuck up orifices’: what frontline doctors think about This Is Going to Hurt
What’s the strangest object you’ve lost in your body? I’ll go first: a petit pois, lodged deep inside my left nostril during a fit of childish experimentation….