Ethan Ennals

Hospitals are flouting NHS rules by allowing staff with as little as two years' training to treat expectant mothers and stroke victims in place of doctors, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

A Physician Associate (PA) and a neonatal nurse at West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, missed signs that a newborn was seriously unwell, resulting in 'major' injuries and lifelong disability.

According to experts, current protocols are issued well after the shortages have begun, meaning pharmacists have to wait weeks, or months, before they can offer patients alternative drugs.

A row has broken out between doctors, drug firms and the NHS spending watchdog over its refusal to give the green light to a lifeline drug for women with advanced breast cancer.

The flexible tube, which is used to empty the bladder and collect urine in a drainage bag, is used long-term by about 90,000 people in the UK.

When radio presenter Iain Dale was rushed into the emergency department at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in July, he was told he'd need to undergo an invasive surgery as soon as possible.

The condition, lupus, affects around 50,000 Britons and can also trigger kidney problems and severe scarring.

Telephone GP appointments are driving a worrying rise in antibiotic prescriptions which could put lives at-risk, experts are warning.

Police report they found a medicine called clonazepam - a drug which is used to control epilepsy, involuntary muscle spasms and anxiety disorders - in Payne's room.

The jab is offered to children aged 12 to 13 to protect them against human papillomavirus, known as HPV, which can trigger cancers including those in the head, neck and cervix