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AP Contributed

Racist abuse of NHS nurses rising amid ‘normalisation’ of extreme views, RCN warns

  • Denis Campbell Health policy editor
  • Updated May 18, 2026

Figures disclosed by nursing union show big rise on reported incidents which may only be ‘tip of the iceberg’

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‘So much of it resonates’: The Pitt strikes a chord with UK A&E medics

  • Denis Campbell Health policy editor
  • May 15, 2026

Doctors and nurses say hit drama paints a mostly realistic picture of the frontline of emergency medicine

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Weight-loss jabs could halve sickness absence and ease strain on NHS, study suggests

  • Anna Bawden in Istanbul
  • Updated May 14, 2026

Research shows sick leave among patients prescribed GLP-1 injections over nine-month period reduced by 50%

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Streeting resigns as health secretary but stops short of launching leadership bid - UK politics live

  • Andrew Sparrow
  • Updated May 14, 2026

Streeting calls on PM to resign and implies that he would stand as a candidate in a leadership contest

The health care system is broken. Efforts to fix it are missing the mark.
Local Spin | Opinion

The health care system is broken. Efforts to fix it are missing the mark.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Apr 24, 2025

Here’s something most of us can agree on: The health care system in America is broken. It’s too expensive; there’s a shortage of doctors, part…

Local hospitals seek to quell immigration fears and urge people to seek medical care.
News

Local hospitals seek to quell immigration fears and urge people to seek medical care.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 5, 2025

Worries over immigration actions should not stop people from seeking medical care—that was the message in two separate statements issued in En…

State health care affordability board approves a phased-in 3-percent medical spending target.
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State health care affordability board approves a phased-in 3-percent medical spending target.

  • Pam Marino
  • Apr 29, 2024

The California Office of Health Care Affordability Board voted 6-1 on Wednesday, April 24, to set a 3-percent spending cap for hospitals and m…

Hospitals face dual challenge of staff shortages and increase in Covid patients.
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Hospitals face dual challenge of staff shortages and increase in Covid patients.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 7, 2022

As a new surge of Covid-19 fueled by the highly infectious omicron variant pushes hospitals in other parts of the country to the breaking poin…

Hospitals aren’t just healing people through medicine. They’re doing it through art, too.
Arts & Culture

Hospitals aren’t just healing people through medicine. They’re doing it through art, too.

  • Marielle Argueza
  • Mar 26, 2021

Artist and CSU Monterey Bay professor Enid Baxter Ryce is no stranger to hospitals. Before the pandemic, her mother was suddenly diagnosed wit…

Med students finding ways to help hospitals during pandemic
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Med students finding ways to help hospitals during pandemic

  • By Julie E. Greene jgreene@herald-mail.com
  • Dec 20, 2020

Finishing Hagerstown Community College's registered nursing program on Friday, Samantha Hewitt said she could find herself working once again with COVID-19 patients.

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