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Clive Myrie: What I saw during my 24 hours at a London hospital

Clive Myrie: What I saw during my 24 hours at a London hospital

Clive Myrie Chief presenter ‘It’s going to be a long night’: Watch as Clive Myrie finds corridors filled with beds at London hospital It’s just before 10:00 GMT at the Royal Free Hospital in north London. Raymond Dubbery is 81 and suffering from pneumonia. His hair thinning, he’s frail and very thin. The skin hangs […]

Woman stuck for 18 months on an NHS ward evicted from her hospital bed

Woman stuck for 18 months on an NHS ward evicted from her hospital bed

Adam Eley and Alison Holt, social affairs editor BBC News BBC Jessie, her face blurred for privacy, in the hospital bed where she lived for 18 months “I feel very angry, upset, worthless, and like my mental health and my life does not matter,” says Jessie, propped up in a hospital bed. She is recording […]

Photos show 'crumbling', abandoned hospital rooms

Photos show 'crumbling', abandoned hospital rooms

Miya Chahal BBC News, Nottingham Reporting fromQueen’s Medical Centre BBC A corridor leading to the pain clinic, which has flooded due to a pump failure Inside one of Nottingham’s busiest hospitals stands an abandoned clinic where plaster is peeling off the walls, ceilings have caved in and standing water floods the corridor. “This is what […]

Staff seen dragging children in hospital – report

Staff seen dragging children in hospital – report

Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands Google A CQC report said a child told inspectors staff “sometimes bent their wrist” Staff in a children’s hospital were caught on CCTV footage abusing patients by dragging them, according to a health watchdog’s report. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors found three cases where children were physically abused by […]

Host of hospital builds delayed by up to 14 years

Host of hospital builds delayed by up to 14 years

A host of hospital building projects in England are being delayed with some having to wait up to 14 years before work starts, the government says. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the plans – which formed part of a 2019 election promise by the Conservatives for 40 new hospitals by 2030 – were not affordable. […]

Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses

Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses

Getty Images Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said evidence provided by more than 5,000 of its members across the UK this winter also showed cupboards, car parks, bathrooms and nursing stations were being […]

BBC goes inside hospital battling unprecedented winter pressures

BBC goes inside hospital battling unprecedented winter pressures

BBC spends two days in A&E during critical incident “Can that chap sit, do we think?” asks Dr Raj Paw, a senior consultant in the emergency department at Warwick Hospital. He is speaking about a patient in his 90s who was brought in after collapsing at home, where he was found cold and confused. Now […]

Mental Health vs. Mental Illness | Psychiatrist Talks About Mental Health Awareness

Mental Health vs. Mental Illness | Psychiatrist Talks About Mental Health Awareness

#mentalhealth #mentalillness #mentalhealthawareness #drelliott Mental health awareness is good. However, I’m worried it might be having side effects. For me, there are two big issues – mental health is very different to mental illness and all the increased awareness is not leading to more funding to give more support.I firmly believe that these awareness campaigns […]

Starmer: NHS is 'on its knees' and needs reform #shorts #politics #news

Starmer: NHS is 'on its knees' and needs reform #shorts #politics #news

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Hospital visits severely restricted amid flu spike

Hospital visits severely restricted amid flu spike

Stuart Woodward/BBC Broomfield Hospital said it took the decision “to protect our patients” Visits have been severely restricted at a hospital battling a surge in flu cases. Broomfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, said the emergency department, acute medical unit and medical wards were closed to visitors, except for patients receiving end of life care. A statement […]