UNBELIEVABLE: 78 | History Defined

Horror of worst scandal in NHS history as 300 babies die or left brain damaged

Botched births meant mothers and babies died and some newborns were left brain damaged, while the hospital trust was being held up as an example of good practice due to its low caesarean rates

Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2022

Fewer than half of immunocompromised in England have had Covid booster jabs

Recent NHS England figures show that 255,422 of the 561,356 immunocompromised people in England had a booster jab

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2022

Covid hospital admissions for over-75s in England at highest rate for more than a year

Rates among other age groups were lower, though all showed a week-on-week increase

Wales Online · Mar 25, 2022

Family will have to wait for answers over son's death at mental health unit

Charlie Millers was one of three young people to die at Prestwich Hospital over a nine-month period

Manchester Evening News · Mar 9, 2022

Trust ordered to produce report after deaths of three patients at Prestwich Hospital

"We are cooperating fully with the inquest process and will share the findings of our report with the families, our commissioner, NHS England, NHS Improvement, and the Coroner."

Manchester Evening News · Mar 6, 2022

Doctors' anger at NHS contract plans - and say demand to run Saturday appointments would 'add to the strain' on exhausted GPs

Doctors in the North East have hit out at NHS England plans for them to be contractually obliged to offer appointments in evenings and weekends.

Chronicle Live · Mar 4, 2022

Staffing crisis deepens in NHS England with 110,000 posts unfilled

One in 10 nursing positions empty as are one in 17 doctors’ jobs, official figures show

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2022

Doctors appointments to be available in the evenings and on Saturdays under new NHS England plans

Plans for "enhanced access" to family doctors have been revealed by NHS England bosses.

Chronicle Live · Mar 2, 2022

GPs in England 'to work Saturdays and week nights' under contract update

Practices will be required to provide a 'range of general practice services' under a 'full multi-disciplinary team'

Manchester Evening News · Mar 2, 2022

NHS issues desperate plea for 'reservist' volunteers to bolster staff numbers

NHS England is calling on people to sign up as an “NHS reservist” to help bolster staff numbers as the service struggles with around 100,000 vacancies.

Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2022