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Covid inquiryProf Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director at NHS England, was giving evidence to the Covid inquiry in west London.The most senior doctor in NHS…

Covid inquiryBoris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England…

The NHS in England came within “six or seven hours” of running out of gowns and other protective equipment during the Covid pandemic, Matt Hancock has…

Millions of women in their thirties could be offered breast cancer checks on the NHS after a world-first trial identified those with a higher risk of…

Almost a quarter of elective operations in NHS hospitals in England last year were cancelled at the last minute and took longer than the required 28…

Plans for NHS staff to restrain and detain people experiencing a mental health crisis, instead of the police doing so, are “dangerous”, doctors, nurses and psychiatrists…

Getty ImagesWomen with very dense breasts should be offered additional scans as part of the UK’s NHS breast screening programme to help detect more cancers and…

The NHS is to open a network of mental health accident and emergency units across England in an attempt to ease the pressure on overcrowded hospital…

Kelly MorganBBC News, West of EnglandListen: How horses help young people facing emotional and mental health challengesA charity has called on the NHS to fund equine-assisted…

GPs in England and their patients are to help the NHS find more victims of the contaminated blood scandal.It is thought thousands of people could have…