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A fifth of staff absences in Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust are stress-related

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Fewer fully trained GPs in Bedfordshire – despite government recruitment pledge

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GP surgeries in Bedfordshire could have more than 100,000 'ghost patients'

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Four in five with suspected autism experienced prolonged waits for diagnosis

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Record number of workers resigned from their hospital posts

1,901 complaints were made about GPs and dentists in the former NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG area in the year to March – up 15% from those made in the year to March 2019placeholder image

GP and dentist complaints on the rise in Bedfordshire

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Hundreds of mental health detentions in Bedfordshire

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More emergency cancer patients in Bedfordshire than pre-pandemic

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Only a quarter of type 1 diabetes patients in Bedfordshire getting important hea...

Data shows roughly 875 emergency care admissions to Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had a diagnosis of "social problems (including chronic alcoholism and homelessness)" in 2020-21placeholder image

Social problems cost Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust hundreds of thousands of pound...

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One-year cancer survival rate continues to increase in Bedfordshire – but early ...

It’s feared survival could "go into reverse" as a result of missed early diagnoses

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The equivalent of 236.7 full-time midwives were working at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in December 2021 — 13.1 fewer than 249.8 at the same point in 2020placeholder image

Fewer midwives at Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust as union warns of recruitment cri...

NHS Digital figures show 1,074,080 patients were registered at GP practices in the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG area at the end of January – along with the equivalent of 505 full-time GPsplaceholder image

Most oversubscribed GP practice in Bedfordshire revealed

Between April 2012 and March this year, there were around 560 admissions of patients from the Bedfordshire policing area following an assault with a sharp objectplaceholder image

Stabbings behind hundreds of admissions at Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstabl...

56,509 patients were waiting for elective operations or treatment at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the end of Juneplaceholder image

Record number of patients at Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust waiting for treatment

Data shows 368 children waited longer than the target time at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Mayplaceholder image

Children waiting too long for hospital treatment at Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust

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NHS witnesses ‘Glastonbury-style’ surge in Covid jab bookings after call to over...

NHS Digital figures show that NHS Bedfordshire CCG held 1,075 video appointments in Decemberplaceholder image

More than 1,000 depression and anxiety therapy sessions carried out online in Be...

Researchers are concerned the tool may not account for certain aspects of coronavirus such as hypoxia, which can occur without a patient noticing (Photo: Shutterstock)placeholder image

Online NHS Covid symptom checker may have delayed seriously ill people from seek...

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Just 34% of women with learning disabilities in England are attending smear test...

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Self-harm cases have more than tripled in young girls - how and where to seek he...

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Fireworks injuries: firefighters warn people to be careful on Bonfire Night 2020...

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GPs have been told face-to-face appointments must be made available to patients

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Council needs views on support and care it provides

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NHS hospitals hit by cyber attack spreading across England

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