Checks on the private rented sector are in “chaos”, the chair of the Commons public accounts committee has said, after the government’s spending watchdog found squalid homes are costing the NHS £340m... Read more »
London hospitals could be hit hard by staff shortages next year with tens of thousands still not double-jabbed. Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced in November that all frontline workers would have to... Read more »
A n NHS worker was stabbed by a patient at a south London A&E this week, requiring surgery. The healthcare assistant, who works at Lewisham Hospital, was reportedly stabbed in the arm... Read more »
Former Afghan special forces soldier Makez Mirza is a shadow of herself. She bangs her head on the wall, weeps unstoppably and has a loss of appetite. She shares a room with... Read more »
‘I went from living in a bombed-out refugee camp with 10,000 people to my dream job as an NHS nurse’
A refugee has gone from living in a bombed-out camp with 10,000 people to her dream job as an NHS nurse in North London. Fayzeh Rachid, 22, was born in the Al... Read more »
A mum has slammed the NHS website for its lack of diversity after she tried to search for hand, foot and mouth disease symptoms, but could not find any shown on black... Read more »
NHS staff tried their hand as brickies recently amid the building work on two new mental health facilities due to open in south west London next year. The future ‘Springfield Village’ now... Read more »
NHS Ayrshire & Arran has today announced the appointment of Claire Burden as the new chief executive for the organisation. Ms Burden is currently deputy chief executive officer at Whipps Cross Hospital,... Read more »
Outer east London hospitals are struggling with a shortage of hospital beds, a lack of staff and a “revolving door” of leaders. The NHS trust that runs King George Hospital and Queen’s... Read more »
A South Londoner has decided to go private for the next step in his transition after discovering the NHS waiting list is four to six years long. Shaun Wright, from Peckham, started... Read more »
