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NHS Doctor Shortages: Past vs. Present Working Conditions
Two NHS doctors highlight the dramatic decline in working conditions: an older consultant describes their past support and privileges, contrasting sharply with a current FY1 doctor's experience of understaffing, lack of career progression, and job insecurity, leading to a potential workforce crisis.
NHS Doctor Shortages: Past vs. Present Working Conditions
Two NHS doctors highlight the dramatic decline in working conditions: an older consultant describes their past support and privileges, contrasting sharply with a current FY1 doctor's experience of understaffing, lack of career progression, and job insecurity, leading to a potential workforce crisis.
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48% Bias Score
50,000 UK Resident Doctors to Strike Over Pay
Approximately 50,000 resident doctors in England will strike from July 25th to 30th, demanding a 29% pay raise to compensate for salary erosion since 2008; the government offered working condition improvements but rejected further pay increases, leading to the unprecedented strike action condemned b...
50,000 UK Resident Doctors to Strike Over Pay
Approximately 50,000 resident doctors in England will strike from July 25th to 30th, demanding a 29% pay raise to compensate for salary erosion since 2008; the government offered working condition improvements but rejected further pay increases, leading to the unprecedented strike action condemned b...
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56% Bias Score
49,000 English A&E Patients Faced 24+ Hour Hospital Bed Waits in 2024
In 2024, 49,000 English A&E patients waited 24 hours or more for a hospital bed, with nearly 70% aged 65+, highlighting a severe bed shortage and impacting the NHS; East Kent Hospitals trust reported the highest number of cases, reaching 8,916.
49,000 English A&E Patients Faced 24+ Hour Hospital Bed Waits in 2024
In 2024, 49,000 English A&E patients waited 24 hours or more for a hospital bed, with nearly 70% aged 65+, highlighting a severe bed shortage and impacting the NHS; East Kent Hospitals trust reported the highest number of cases, reaching 8,916.
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44% Bias Score
Patient Spends Eight Days on Hospital Corridor Amidst NHS Overcrowding Crisis
Sarah Dodd, 56, spent eight days on a hospital corridor at Worcestershire Royal Hospital due to a perforated gallbladder, highlighting severe overcrowding and prompting criticism of NHS management.
Patient Spends Eight Days on Hospital Corridor Amidst NHS Overcrowding Crisis
Sarah Dodd, 56, spent eight days on a hospital corridor at Worcestershire Royal Hospital due to a perforated gallbladder, highlighting severe overcrowding and prompting criticism of NHS management.
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48% Bias Score
NHS Crisis: Over 57,000 Deaths Potentially Linked to A&E Delays
Images from William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, show approximately 15 elderly patients waiting on trolleys in a crowded corridor due to overflowing departments, highlighting a nationwide NHS crisis with research suggesting over 57,000 deaths in 2022 were potentially linked to 12-hour-plus A&E ...
NHS Crisis: Over 57,000 Deaths Potentially Linked to A&E Delays
Images from William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, show approximately 15 elderly patients waiting on trolleys in a crowded corridor due to overflowing departments, highlighting a nationwide NHS crisis with research suggesting over 57,000 deaths in 2022 were potentially linked to 12-hour-plus A&E ...
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60% Bias Score
UK Hospital Emergency Room Waits Exceed Official Estimates by Three Times
A MailOnline analysis reveals that one in three patients at some UK hospitals face 12-hour or longer waits for emergency care, far exceeding official estimates; Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported the highest rate (nearly 30 percent), while the crisis is exacerbated by a 'quad...
UK Hospital Emergency Room Waits Exceed Official Estimates by Three Times
A MailOnline analysis reveals that one in three patients at some UK hospitals face 12-hour or longer waits for emergency care, far exceeding official estimates; Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported the highest rate (nearly 30 percent), while the crisis is exacerbated by a 'quad...
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64% Bias Score
NHS Systemic Failures Led to Child's Death: Independent Report
Five-year-old Yusuf Nazir died in November 2022 after receiving inadequate care from multiple NHS organizations; a second independent report details systemic failures, including missed interventions and a lack of communication, leading to calls for significant improvements in child healthcare protoc...
NHS Systemic Failures Led to Child's Death: Independent Report
Five-year-old Yusuf Nazir died in November 2022 after receiving inadequate care from multiple NHS organizations; a second independent report details systemic failures, including missed interventions and a lack of communication, leading to calls for significant improvements in child healthcare protoc...
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48% Bias Score
Top UK Doctor Quits BMA Over Junior Doctor Strike, Citing Risk to Patients
Professor Robert Winston resigned from the British Medical Association (BMA) over its support for a five-day strike by junior doctors in England starting July 25th, warning of potential patient deaths due to the walkout, despite acknowledging poor working conditions and the doctors' 29.2% pay demand...
Top UK Doctor Quits BMA Over Junior Doctor Strike, Citing Risk to Patients
Professor Robert Winston resigned from the British Medical Association (BMA) over its support for a five-day strike by junior doctors in England starting July 25th, warning of potential patient deaths due to the walkout, despite acknowledging poor working conditions and the doctors' 29.2% pay demand...
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56% Bias Score
2,122-Day Wait for Hysterectomy Exposes Scottish NHS Crisis
A woman in Scotland waited 2,122 days for a hysterectomy, exposing a severe NHS crisis; wait times have drastically increased across multiple health boards since 2019, and over 10,000 people died on waiting lists in the year to September 2024.
2,122-Day Wait for Hysterectomy Exposes Scottish NHS Crisis
A woman in Scotland waited 2,122 days for a hysterectomy, exposing a severe NHS crisis; wait times have drastically increased across multiple health boards since 2019, and over 10,000 people died on waiting lists in the year to September 2024.
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72% Bias Score
NHS Dental Crisis: Thousands Queue for Appointments
Long queues of patients seeking NHS dental appointments formed outside Saint Paul's Dental Practice in Bristol yesterday, highlighting a growing nationwide crisis with 500 fewer dentists since 2019 and a 1.5 million population increase, leading to some areas having over 3,100 patients per dentist.
NHS Dental Crisis: Thousands Queue for Appointments
Long queues of patients seeking NHS dental appointments formed outside Saint Paul's Dental Practice in Bristol yesterday, highlighting a growing nationwide crisis with 500 fewer dentists since 2019 and a 1.5 million population increase, leading to some areas having over 3,100 patients per dentist.
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52% Bias Score
UK Denies Talks on Devolving Crown Estate to Wales
The Welsh government is lobbying the UK government to devolve the Crown Estate's more than £603 million of land in Wales, but a UK minister denies any discussions have taken place, creating tension between the two governments and possibly hindering offshore wind development.
UK Denies Talks on Devolving Crown Estate to Wales
The Welsh government is lobbying the UK government to devolve the Crown Estate's more than £603 million of land in Wales, but a UK minister denies any discussions have taken place, creating tension between the two governments and possibly hindering offshore wind development.
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52% Bias Score
UK Nurses Report Critical NHS Failures, Leading to Patient Deaths
A survey of over 5,000 UK nurses revealed critical staffing shortages and inadequate facilities in NHS hospitals, resulting in patient deaths in corridors and a general lack of basic care; nurses described conditions as 'worse than Covid-19'.
UK Nurses Report Critical NHS Failures, Leading to Patient Deaths
A survey of over 5,000 UK nurses revealed critical staffing shortages and inadequate facilities in NHS hospitals, resulting in patient deaths in corridors and a general lack of basic care; nurses described conditions as 'worse than Covid-19'.
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52% Bias Score
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