Eleanor Hayward

The hospitals where 1 in 4 patients wait more than 12 hours in A&E Doctors warn of ‘life or death’ delays that kill thousands of patients a year as NHS figures reveal the longest waits in the worst-performing emergency units

At the worst-performing NHS hospitals, 1 in 4 patients have to endure 12 hour waits in A&E after arriving.

Long delays are causing thousands of avoidable deaths.

Story with @gwjournalism.bsky.social

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Former nurse used final hours to issue plea on assisted dying Elaine Hudson, who had motor neurone disease, asked The Times to document her death by starvation before Friday’s vote

Such a powerful and moving piece from
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Elaine Hudson, a former nurse who had motor neurone disease, died from starvation on Monday. She asked The Times to document her final days ahead of Friday's vote on assisted dying.

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King Charles’s doctor: If homeopathy helps patients, what’s the problem? Dr Michael Dixon believes too many people are taking too many pills, and the health of communities could be improved by social prescribing

Interview with Dr Michael Dixon, the King's doctor and head of the royal medical household.

On homeopathy, hypnotising himself to be happy, herb gardens and the problems with the "toxic" NHS.

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