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The Hywel Dda University Health Board was forced to cancel the majority of planned operations at its hospitals in Withybush, Prince Philip, Bronglais, and Glangwili last week.

A new study published in the journal ‘Nature’ has found that an artificial intelligence system was highly accurate in diagnosing cases of breast cancer.

Staff shortages and poor infection control caused concern among Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors at Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital and Northallerton’s Friarage Hospital.

Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust received close to £1m for providing good care to patients

A recent poll conducted by Parkinson’s UK has found that one in four people diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease were initially misdiagnosed.

Wrexham Maelor Hospital’s A&E Department has been told to improve the standard of care provided to patients after an inspection uncovered a number of failings.

Intimate examinations A GP who gave patients unnecessary checks has been found guilty of sexual assault including assault by penetration against six women. Dr Manish Shah carried out invasive and intimate examinations on victims, some as young as 17, between…

A hospital has blamed “bad luck” after Francesca, aged three, died of cancer days after being sent home with laxatives.

Samantha Brousas, aged 49, died from sepsis after waiting almost three hours in an ambulance outside Wrexham Maelor Hospital, an inquest has heard.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has cancelled the registration of a cosmetic clinic in Birmingham. Inspectors raised concerns into the practices of Bearwood Cosmetic Clinic based in Smethwick, after finding “unsafe practice” and what they considered to be a lack of appropriate training.