Tag Archive for: BBC News

Nurses strike because patients are dying – RCN union boss Pat Cullen
Union boss says issues over safe staffing is part of the ongoing debate with government, as well as fair pay.
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Face mask rule easing ‘a good thing’, says health boss Jason Leitch
Covid guidelines for wearing face coverings in Scotland's health and social care settings have ended.
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Teachers and nurses dragged into higher taxes, warns think tank
The Institute for Fiscal Studies warns a freeze on income tax thresholds will hit middle earners.
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Do not resuscitate: Man choked to death after paramedics stood down
A care home resident, 80, died after an ambulance was stood down due to a do not resuscitate order.
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Dirty-bomb antidote: Drug trial begins in US
Volunteers will test a pill designed to remove radioactive contamination from the body.
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Record numbers not working due to ill health
Mental health issues and back and neck pain have contributed to the rise in long-term sickness.
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Davina McCall and Sir Salman Rushdie win at British Book Awards
Menopausing is Book of the Year and Salman Rushdie gets a special accolade at British Book Awards
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Hundreds of Derby cancer patients get tattoo-free treatment
One patient says the treatment reduced the "tiny traumas" she has gone through during the illness.
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Rare skin condition leads to stares and comments from strangers
Rhiannon Morgan has grown used to people making comments or asking if her condition is contagious.
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‘I’ve been stuck in my bedroom for two years’
A young woman with a rare disease says she is not being supported to have any quality of life.
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