The majority of doctors, nurses and front line health workers were not vaccinated against flu last winter

The majority of doctors, nurses and front line health workers were not vaccinated against flu last winter, official figures have revealed.

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NHS 'needs new urgent care system'

The NHS in England must design a simpler system if it is to relieve pressure on emergency care, it has been reported.

Six-year-old boy awarded £3.8m after hospital failings at his birth left him severely disabled

Judge Justice Davies said she was "humbled" by the care Martin and Kelly Bowley had given to their son Jake

Jeremy Hunt: Doctors who refuse to publish performance data will be named and shamed

Doctors who decide not to disclose details of their performance will be “named and shamed” by the Government, it has emerged.

NHS staff can opt out of 'rate your doctor' performance league tables

Doctors will be given the opportunity to opt out of new league tables assessing their performance, it has emerged.

UHSM will publish 'mortality ratings' for its heart and lung surgeons

Manchester hospital set to introduce ‘rate my doctor’ scheme

Information will be regularly updated on the Foundation Trust’s website

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The Public Accounts Select Committee members are the Reservoir Dogs of Parliament. It’s not just their capacity to terrorise, but the black humour they use for light relief as they hunt down the multibillion-pound stashes of public money absorbed by government departments.

Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt: 'The proposals cannot go ahead in their current form'

Fury at Jeremy Hunt’s U-turn on child heart units

Specialists warn patients will suffer as Health Secretary suspends rationalisation plan

The children's heart surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary was one of the units initially earmarked for closure

Fury as Jeremy Hunt halts reform of children’s heart units

Health Secretary says plans to shut units in Leeds, Leicester and London should be suspended after latest report says decision was based on 'flawed analysis'

'Game changing' cancer database pushes fight against disease forward

Database will include millions of records detailing individual cancers and treatments

At least 52 staff have been silenced using the orders since 2008

NHS hospitals spend £2m on gagging orders preventing staff speaking out

Tory MP, Steve Barclay, accuses NHS chief Sir David Nicholson of either failing to ask questions about the orders or being 'complicit in a cover-up'

Undertakers in Inverness saw

Alarm at mortuary in Inverness as body shows 'signs of life'

The man had fallen into the sea from the Kessock Bridge

Evidence shows carers are twice as likely to suffer ill health as the general

'Woefully let down': Carers often left with no help for first years, study shows

Carers are being "woefully let down" when they start out and are often left with no help in their first few years in the role, research out today concludes.

New non emergency NHS advice line 111 is 'steadily improving' say health officials

The new non emergency NHS advice line is "steadily improving" health officials have said.

Anna Soubry was criticised for suggesting female doctors who cut back their hours after having children were a drain on the NHS

Health minister Anna Soubry criticised for suggesting female doctors who work part-time after having children are a drain on NHS

British Medical Association condemns 'very outdated view of women'

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