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Lengthy Royal Mail delays have caused a three-year-old toddler to miss vital chest surgery after urgent NHS letters went undelivered. File images.

Toddler misses chest surgery after Royal Mail fails to deliver urgent NHS letters, leaving him coughing and wheezing

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Victoria Atkins said Martha's Rule would be 'a second pair of eyes'

‘It should be easier to ask for help’: Health Secretary says Martha’s Rule is a 'step forward for patient safety'

2 months ago

Martha's Rule is being rolled out from April

Patients and families to get 'urgent second opinion' from NHS if health suddenly deteriorates, in 'Martha's Rule'

2 months ago

A second fertility centre may have used a faulty egg and embryo-freezing solution.

Second NHS fertility centre linked to egg-freezing 'fault' as dozens of women robbed of chance to have children

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Kerry Pentecost had to wait for five hours in A&E after an ambulance failed to turn up when she had a heart attack.

Mother suffers sudden heart attack and ambulance didn’t turn up - before she waited five hours in A&E

2 months ago

Rishi Sunak told LBC News: "We are still dealing with the impact of Covid on the NHS"

NHS ‘still dealing with the impact of Covid,’ Rishi Sunak says as junior doctors announce new five-day walkout

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Dentists who set up practice in areas of England with poor access to NHS care will be offered a £20,000 bonus

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins stumped on exact figure for new dentists as ministers plan £20,000 ‘golden hello’

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Victoria Atkins said the NHS was not in a state of emergency

‘We are beginning to see changes’: Victoria Atkins dismisses calls to declare NHS ‘national emergency’

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Patients can be given medication under England's new Pharmacy First scheme

Which illnesses can pharmacies now diagnose and treat? Patients urged not to see GP for these conditions

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30 million GP appointments could be freed up

'30 million GP appointments to be freed up' as pharmacists to start seeing patients for simple and common illnesses

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