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Fury over NHS Direct call charges - Exclusive (Daily Mirror)
The NHS Direct call centre is running 68 money-spinning phonelines for out-of-hours doctors and dentists nationwide - sparking fears ill people might not be able to get through.
AM Peter Black calls for life-prolonging drugs to be made available free on the NHS (icWales)
THE NHS in Wales should follow England’s lead in making life-prolonging drugs available to dying cancer patients, according to an Assembly Member.
NHS STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH WINTER CRISIS (Scottish Labour Party)
Labour has revealed that NHS patients are being cared for on trolleys in Scottish hospital corridors because beds are not available.
NHS patient error deaths 'rising' (BBC News)
More than 3,000 people have died as a result of patient safety incidents in just one year in England, figures show.
Winter bugs pile pressure on NHS (Independent)
The return to work this week will prove "heavy going" for the NHS with many people laid low by the spread of the winter vomiting virus and flu, a health campaigner said today.
Foreign patients get NHS organs (Daily Telegraph)
The organs of 50 British NHS donors were transplanted into foreign patients over the past two years it was disclosed yesterday.
Hospitals Consult On Proposal To Become An NHS Foundation Trust - Lincolnshire, England (Medical News Today)
Communities across Lincolnshire are being invited to get involved and have their say on the next step for the future of the county's hospitals, by attending a consultation event in their area. The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust intends to apply for NHS Foundation Trust status.
Winter bugs pile pressure on NHS (Channel 4)
The return to work this week will prove "heavy going" for the NHS with many people laid low by the spread of the winter vomiting virus and flu, a health campaigner has said.
Minister pays tribute to 'amazing work' of our NHS heroes (Evening Standard)
HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson today paid tribute to our NHS Champions winners. The eight London health heroes were praised for their "amazing work" in a personal letter from the minister.
Patients’ £2m NHS payouts (Shropshire Star)
The NHS is paying out nearly £2 million to patients in Shropshire for clinical negligence claims, new figures reveal.