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From 'extra mortuary capacity' to beds: How is the NHS preparing for winter?
As new statistics shed light how how bad last year was for winter mortality, the NHS is preparing for another winter amid its toughest financial circumstances in years.

The study at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh builds on previous research showing that spending over four hours in A&E prior to hospital admission is associated with longer term harm

The study at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh builds on previous research showing that spending over four hours in A&E prior to hospital admission is associated with longer term harm

A&E waiting times

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Hip fracture patients 'more likely to die if they spend over four hours in A&E'

An elderly patient has their eyes checked

An elderly patient has their eyes checked

Sight loss charities demand answers as key service to be closed for six months

Dora Kovaks is around 38 weeks pregnant but says she had to chase up the home birth kit after it was not delivered on time: 'If there is no kit there is no way for me to even attempt a home birth'

Dora Kovaks is around 38 weeks pregnant but says she had to chase up the home birth kit after it was not delivered on time: 'If there is no kit there is no way for me to even attempt a home birth'

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Home births: 'You don't want someone in your house who is not comfortable with it'

NHS Lothian has blamed the reorganisation on 'workforce challenges'

NHS Lothian has blamed the reorganisation on 'workforce challenges'

'A complete shambles': NHS home births service 'dismantled' amid midwives exodus