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Father helping his child with using their asthma inhaler

Highlighting asthma care on World Asthma Day

Studies show that the rate of asthma deaths in the UK rose by more than 20% between 2015 and 2020.

Two people working for medical charities sitting down to discuss how cancer death rate is rising because of the covid-19 lockdown

Charities warn cancer death rate could rise due to Covid-19 lockdowns

Cancer charities are concerned the cancer death rate could rise after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mother feeding her baby with bottle of milk

Call for “immediate and essential” action following Shrewsbury baby deaths inquiry

Seven “immediate and essential” actions have been identified for maternity services across England, after the independent inquiry into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust found repeated failures that led to avoidable deaths of mothers and babies, in an interim report.

Row of ambulances near a hospital

‘Significant concerns’ raised about A&E at Royal Stoke Hospital

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) told University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust last summer that its care service provision required improvement.

orthopaedic doctor in their surgery treating a patient

Specialist in trauma and orthopaedic surgery suspended over treatment concerns

Concerns were raised after a specialist in trauma and orthopaedic surgery was suspended.

Emergency ambulance driving to hospital

Patients “let down badly at their moment of greatest need” by delays in ambulance attendance

Patients who are “seriously ill”, including those suffering a heart attack or a stroke and burns victims, are waiting over an hour for an ambulance to arrive in England and Wales.

Patients waiting at hospital due to delays

Long delays at Wrexham Maelor Hospital deemed unacceptable

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.

Doctor speaking to patient about patient's concerns over unsafe independent cosmetic surgery in a doctors office

Concerns over unsafe independent cosmetic surgery services

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has cancelled the registration of Bearwood Cosmetic Clinic in Birmingham.