Some 39,485 patients sought elective treatment in England in 2022/23, figures have revealed. In Wales, more than 73,000 patients are waiting over 77 weeks – a year and a half – for treatment.
Zhi Alan Cheng appeared in court on Monday charged with raping and drugging at least six women – some of them attacked in NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital where he worked.
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The Health Secretary convened an urgent meeting with health leaders to demand they do more to protect patients and staff from sexual predators.
Paul Ransom works part time in the NHS in Sussex but also responds to natural disasters abroad and teaches medical skills in war-torn countries.
The Prime Minister today identified cutting record waiting times as one of five key pledges voters should judge him on at the next general election.
Sir Frank Atherton told BBC One’s Breakfast programme: ‘Look after each other and keep the NHS capacity for those who really need it.’
In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind, researchers looked at the number of mastectomies in a major health system in California since 2013, and found a 13-fold increase.