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Accident & Emergency Service

Attending A&E when you don’t feel very well isn’t always the best way of looking after your health, unless it is an emergency or a serious injury. Examples where it is right and appropriate to attend A&E without delay include major injuries for instance:

Injuries from road traffic accidents
Serious falls
Major head injuries
Collapse
Severe breathing difficulty
Severe chest pain
Severe haemorrhage
Poisoning
Extensive burns

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Hospital's 'artificial feeding' letter to mothers criticised
The hospital described mothers who use formula milk as "artificially" feeding babies.
NHS no to dandruff and diarrhoea treatment
Crackdown on 35 "minor" treatments in cost cutting drive by NHS bosses - but patient group concerned about poorest.
We've not got enough beds or staff - NHS bosses
Managers warn 2018-19 will be hard with one in 12 posts vacant and hospitals short of up to 15,000 beds.
Man has 'world's worst' super-gonorrhoea
It is the first ever case that is resistant to the main antibiotic treatment.
The dangers that lurk in your bathroom
A study claims bacteria is present in rubber ducks. But what other unexpected risks are in your bathroom?
Male suicide: 'His death was the missing piece of the jigsaw'
Friends and family members left behind after a suicide tell the stories of the men they have lost.
Teenagers urged to take part in meningitis B vaccine trial
Researchers hope the study of 24,000 will cut infections in the young and the wider community.
Magician Dynamo opens up about Crohn's struggle
Images posted to social media by the magician have prompted others to share their stories of Crohn's disease.
Carers 'need mandatory LGBT training'
Discrimination against LGBT people is "alive and kicking" in the care sector, charities tell the Victoria Derbyshire programme.
NHS: PM to look at 'multi-year' funding plan for health service
The PM says she wants to move away from annual cash "top-ups" to allow health service to plan for future.

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"Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report...
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