Tagged “NHS”

Two thousand NHS staff have been sanctioned for reading records they had no reason to open. Now suspicion alone means suspension

England’s health service will suspend staff and cut their system access the moment they are suspected of looking up a record without a…

27 Sep 2026

Health

A brain tumour diagnosis used to take up to eight weeks. A new NHS test does it in two hours, during surgery

The test reads the tumour’s genetic code while the operation is still under way, so surgeons know what they are dealing with before they…

27 Sep 2026

Health

Children as young as 13 are losing bladder function to ketamine, and the first NHS clinic for it has had 100 referrals

Doctors at Alder Hey describe patients "peeing a jellyfish" — shedding the bladder’s protective lining. Prolonged damage can mean…

23 Sep 2026

Health

A phone number on the wall of every A&E in England, because a family’s concerns were not listened to

Martha Mills died at 13 of sepsis after her parents’ worries were dismissed. The rule named after her lets patients and families trigger an…

23 Sep 2026