Colin Flatt, who his partner described as having been a "strong, capable man" never recovered after falling over a hospital balcony on to a glass table An ex-footballer with dementia who died after ...

An NHS trust indirectly discriminated against nurses by allowing a transgender woman to use a female changing room, a tribunal rules A group of nurses won a partial victory against County Durham and ...

Health inspectors are to mount spot checks on NHS hospitals after finding hundreds of older people being treated without dignity or adequate privacy on wards across England. In a report today on ...

Eight nurses won a partial victory in their case against NHS bosses in the 'trans' row over use of hospital changing facilities. The eight members of the Day Surgery Unit at Darlington Memorial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Female hospital patients' dignity, privacy and safety is being "diminished significantly" by the imposition of transgender rights ...

The boss of a trade association can usually be relied upon to defend its members when the going gets tough. However, in exceptional circumstances, the news may be so bad that defence is inappropriate.

As the NHS goes through a convulsion of collective grief and shame, and reflects on the content and recommendations of the Francis report, it should be too early to talk about moving on. But in fact, ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Letter news every morning. Camilla Cavendish, in “A consensus on care for the elderly could finally be emerging” (November 16), alluded ...

FEBRUARY is National Dignity Month and the hospital is raising awareness of its efforts to improve patients’ experiences. Dignity is about treating patients as being of worth, in a way that is ...

Improving the dignity of older patients is “probably the most important” priority for the NHS next year, its chief executive has told Nursing Times. Sir David Nicholson’s comments marked the ...

SIR - I would like to publicly thank the NHS care in the community team who cared for my mother at her home during the last 10 day so of her long fight against cancer. Despite my own misgivings when ...

An ex-footballer with dementia who died after falling from a height was "stripped of his dignity" while in NHS care, his family said. Colin Flatt, whose clubs included Leyton Orient and Cambridge ...