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A fire in the ducts which supply a Greater Manchester hospital with oxygen causes the closure of its A&E department.

A report into the management of hospitals in Mid Staffordshire will highlight a culture of secrecy about poor working conditions that may have contributed to more than 1,000 patients dyingA hospital trust branded the worst in Britain by the NHS regulator actively discouraged staff from expressing fears about the safety of patients, an independent inquiry [...]

Welsh assembly minister Carl Sargeant and his driver are treated in hospital as a precaution after a car crash.

• Fiona Donnison, 43, in hospital with slashed wrists• Police find bodies of Harry, 3, and Elise, 2, in holdallsPolice are waiting to question the mother of two young children found dead inside holdalls in her car boot in an East Sussex suburban close.The mother, named as Fiona Donnison, 43, a former worker at Lloyd’s [...]

A man is in being treated in hospital after being shot a number of times in the lower body in a shop in Londonerry.

A 43-year-old woman is arrested and taken to hospital following the discovery of two children’s bodies in a car.

Hospital in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must check patients for the risk of dangerous blood clots, guidelines say.

At least 10,000 lives a year should be saved by screening all hospital patients to prevent potentially fatal blood clots, an NHS advisory body recommends today.The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) is introducing guidelines to ensure those at risk are provided with blood-thinning drugs, compression stockings, or foot pumps to keep their [...]

An outbreak of a bug which causes vomiting leads to eight hospital wards being closed or partially closed in Swansea.

Children who self-harm have been admitted to hospital more than 7,000 times in the past decade, figures reveal.