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Exclusive: Watchdog finds 14% of cases not put on hospital waiting lists, with many reporting worsening health and rising anxiety

Language-learning platform Babbel has once again joined forces with the British Institute of Verbatim Reporters (BIVR) to reveal the most mispronounced words and names of the year

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When discussing the care of her patient, who was a convicted paedophile and an inmate at a high-security prison, Jennifer Melle referred to them using a male pronoun and title

A surge in flu cases is filling London hospital beds at a record pace, as vaccination uptake lags far behind the rest of the country

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This year’s flu season started earlier than usual and is yet to reach a peak

EXCLUSIVE: Three years after The Independent first published a damning investigation into Huntercombe Group hospitals, new court documents reveal fresh claims that children were subject to inhumane, degrading and abusive treatment in ‘prison-like’ units – as families take legal action against 35 doctors. Rebecca Thomas reports

We know from recent hacks, and even the Snowden revelations, how vulnerable information gathered is to theft and misuse, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The health and care system has relied on international recruitment ‘for generations’ with experts warning that plans to tighten visa rules and cut immigration could ‘deepen’ workforce shortages

Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago