Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas Babies born to black mothers in England and Wales and those from the most deprived areas are significantly more likely to die while in neonatal units, according to analysis revealing the “deeply concerning” figures. The study, led by academics at the University of Liverpool, examined data on more than 700,000 babies admitted to an NHS neonatal unit across England and Wales between 2012 and 2022. Continue reading...

Known as "corridor care", patients are lining up on trolleys or sitting on chairs due to a lack of beds.

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Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus. In all, 4,880 doctors who qualified in another country left the UK during 2024 – a rise of 26% on the 3,869 who did so the year before – figures from the General Medical Council reveal. Continue reading...

Many will conclude what they knew already: the government acted too little, too late, there was chaos and toxicity, and later decisions were not backed by data, writes Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

A scathing report by inquiry chair Baroness Hallett also criticises the Department of Health, led by the current Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald and the then minister Matt Hancock

Report says 23,000 deaths could have been avoided with earlier lockdown