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NHS trusts have been struggling with growing waiting lists.

"Unprecedented" number of Brits sat on hidden NHS waiting lists

Obesity levels among UK children are falling - but Year 6 figures are still above pre-pandemic levels.

Child obesity declining - but Year 6 still above pre-Covid levels

Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, Portsmouth.

Almost two million Brits hospitalised with urinary tract infections

Cassie Warren, left, with daughter Elizabeth. (Picture: Contributed)

Mum spent seven weeks tackling head lice in daughter's scalp

Wegovy is also known as Ozempic (Image: Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

NHS weight loss drug has long-term effects on diabetes

Melvyn Blount from Derby took his own life earlier this year, an inquest heard. (Picture: Leigh Day)

Man took his own life after sudden mental health turn, inquest rules

Medics have warned that 24 Hours in A&E is “no longer just a documentary” after figures revealed that almost 400,000 patients spent a day or more in an NHS England emergency department last year. Credit: Getty Images

400,000 patients wait more than a day in A&E, new figures reveal

Harriet Moxon with her five-year-old daughter Eve. Harriet and Eve were involved in an incident in the Canary Islands, Spain, when a car ploughed in to the area where they were sat outside a cafe. Harriet managed to push her daughter out of the way, but was hit by the car herself and has been left with life-changing injuries. Photo by Charlotte Ridgeon (Harriet's twin sister).

Mum says she's lucky to be alive after being hit by a car on holiday

Rohan Godhania, 16, of Ealing, west London, who fell ill after drinking a protein shake on August 15 2020 (PA)

Coroner says protein drinks should come with warning after boy's death

A selection of antidepressants (L-R) Wellbutrin, Paxil, Fluoxetine and Lexapro (Pic: Getty Images)

Bristol Tranquilliser Project to close due to lack of local funding

Nearly two million hours 'lost' in ambulance hospital queues (Image: Getty)

Nearly two million hours 'lost' in ambulance hospital queues

A patient is administered the first Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in London at Croydon University Hospital in December 2020 (Photo Dan Charity - Pool/Getty Images)

Early Covid vaccine rollout amidst new variant concerns - how to book

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

NHS vows to "eradicate" hospitals with RAAC concrete

Junior doctors in Wakefield and Dewsbury are set to walk out for five days over a pay dispute.

Junior doctors and NHS consultants announce joint strike

A nurse prepares a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid and flu jabs to be brought forward over emergence of new variant

In New Zealand, the legal smoking age is being increased every single year.

Smoking age in the UK should be raised to 22, researchers suggest

Lateral flow tests have become readily available in the UK. (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Where to buy Covid-19 tests as experts forecast winter spike

The move comes as part of the government's Primary Care Recovery Plan (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

GP practices to move to a digital phone system by March

Bed-blocking and discharge delays in hospitals across England has been caused by hold-ups in transport, medicines and paperwork, according to new data from NHS England. (Credit: PA Wire)

"Trusted suppliers" enlisted to ease NHS bed-blocking troubles

Staff on a hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. (Picture: Jeff Moore/PA/Radar)

Mental health of NHS doctors worse now than during Covid-19 pandemic

File photo dated 28/12/15 of the William Hill gambling website on a phone and a laptop. Picture: PA

NHS expands gambling addiction centres as referrals hit record high

The vast majority of NHS trusts in England are failing to meet cancer treatment waiting targets (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Cancer waiting times: 18 hospitals with the worst treatment delays

Women to be offered ‘lifeline’ treatment that slows cancer spread. (Photo: PA)

Women to be offered ‘lifeline’ treatment that slows cancer spread

At its peak, at least 5,000 staff were on strike in this week's walkout. (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall/Getty/AdobeStock)

Exclusive Nurses’ strike: how hospitals compared for cancellations

Could ChatGPT give me an unofficial day off work? I put its data journalism skills to the test.

I asked ChatGPT to do my job as a data journalist - I’m safe for now Aimee Stanton

Hospital waiting lists have hit a record high in England (Image: AdobeStock/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

NHS performance explained in charts as waiting list hits record level

Vulnerable children under the age of four will be offered a Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Children under 5 to be offered Covid jabs as millions set for boosters

A Covid-19 booster jab will be offered to the elderly and most vulnerable people this spring (Photo: Getty Images)

Spring Covid booster jab to be offered to elderly and vulnerable

Data published by NHS England shows 16.5% of patients were waiting longer than the NHS target time of 18 weeks for a wheelchair.

Thousands of disabled people face 4 month wait for NHS wheelchair

Thousands of children in England had rotten teeth removed last year (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

Children from poorer areas far more likely to have rotten teeth

Long A&E waits contributed to around 23,000 excess deaths in 2022, a medical college claims (Photo: Getty Images)

Around 23,000 excess deaths last year ‘linked to long A&E waits’

Health minister, Humza Yousaf, is in the running to be the next First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP.

Analysis How NHS Scotland compares to the rest of the UK’s healthcare systems

A new method of screening ambulance calls is to be introduced across England (Photo: Getty Images)

Some ambulance callers to be told to visit GP or urgent clinic instead

How the NHS in England is coping this winter - interactive data

Busy NHS hospitals: we reveal the 20 NHS trust with the fewest free beds last week.  (Image: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

Revealed: 21 hospitals most overwhelmed by patients last week

NHS winter pressure: hospitals were running far above ‘safe’ levels of occupancy last week (Image:NationalWorld/Kim Hall)

20 hospitals run out of beds as Lords warn of ‘national emergency’

Thousands of hospital beds are being occupied by flu patients.

The 15 NHS hospitals with the greatest increase in flu patients

Thousands of NHS 111 calls were abandoned over the Christmas period.

Hundreds of thousands of NHS 111 calls abandoned over Christmas period

Thousands of people in England are in hospital because of the flu.

The 15 NHS hospitals with the most beds occupied by flu patients

Explainer NHS on track to eliminate Hep C by 2025 in a ‘landmark achievement’

The number of people being seen within four hours in English A&Es has hit a record low

Number of people seen within four hours at A&E hits record low

Booking a GP appointment should not be like “phoning a call centre or booking an Uber driver who you will never see again”, MPs have warned

GPs are handling more appointments than ever with fewer staff

Patients are having to wait for years for breast reconstruction surgery after having their breasts removed due to cancer, a report has suggested

Breast cancer patients ‘waiting years for reconstruction surgery’

Health secretary Steve Barclay was confronted by an angry member of the public over lengthy ambulance waits. (Credit: PA)

Health secretary Steven Barclay confronted over ambulance waits

Bowel cancer checks are at a record high after Dame Deborah James’ death

Dame Deborah James inspires ‘record’ number of bowel cancer checks

Search for your local GP practice in our interactive tables.

Every GP practice in England and Scotland as rated by patients

Stroke victims are campaigning for a life-saving treatment to be available to anyone who needs it

Stroke victims call for availability of ‘life-saving’ stroke treatment

More than 47,000 stroke patients are to miss out on miracle treatment over the next seven years, a charity has said

Thousands of stroke patients to ‘miss out on a miracle treatment’

Persistent understaffing in the NHS is creating a serious risk to patient safety, MPs have said

Shortage of NHS staff poses ‘serious risk to patient safety’

Millions of people across the UK still have no protection from Covid.

The UK areas with the lowest vaccination rates as Covid cases surge

People in some parts of England could soon be offered blood pressure checks in betting shop (Photo: Adobe)

Blood pressure checks to be held in betting shops in NHS shake-up

(Composite: Kim Mogg / JPIMedia)

7 major warning symptoms of cancer everyone should know

Booster jabs are available at walk-in vaccinations centres across England (Photo: Getty Images)

Where to get spring Covid booster jab without booking an appointment

NHS figures show 3,661 people were in hospital on 8 March as a result of contracting coronavirus.

Rise in patients admitted to hospital because of Covid in England

More than three-quarters of a million people in England waited more than four weeks to see a GP after making an appointment in December last year

25 England areas where you’re most likely to wait 4 weeks for GP slot

NHS England has removed a flatrate £250 fine levied on hospitals when they break single-sex ward rules

‘Utterly outrageous’: NHS slammed for single-sex ward rule relaxation

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