Health Editor Emily Morgan has visited Chesterfield Royal Hospital in Derbyshire, where the region is currently the worst affected by staff shortages.

Covid is heaping huge pressure on the NHS - we see just how bad it is

ITV News rides along with Portsmouth's rapid response team, who provide assistance to people who may otherwise be in hospital.

Hospital discharge delays blocking hundreds of NHS beds

ITV News visited Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital, where staff are struggling to discharge 131 fit patients because care homes are closed.

The hospital where the number of Covid patients increased four-fold in a week

Health Editor Emily Morgan spent the day at the Royal Preston Hospital where staff are preparing for another influx of Covid patients as Omicron cases soar.

Omicron: Inside the hospital preparing for another wave of Covid patients

Risdiplam can be used at home and is nowhere near as expensive as previous drugs used to treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

The life-changing drug that can be taken at home for patients with SMA

About 110,000 of the NHS workforce aren’t vaccinated, which amounts to 8% of staff. Emily Morgan reports on the emotive subject of mandatory jabs.

What could mandatory jabs for health workers mean for the NHS?

ITV News has been given access to an Oxford University trial where volunteers are being given a Covid vaccine in the form of a nasal spray.

The Covid vaccine sprayed into the nose that could be more effective than jabs

ITV News was given access to a potentially ground-breaking study which could help women know much earlier on if they're at risk.

Could a saliva test help revolutionise breast cancer diagnosis in the UK?

ITV News visited Altnagelvin Area Hospital in Londonderry where a fourth Covid surge combined with staff shortages have created a crisis. 

Covid pushes NI hospitals to brink with patients forced to wait 48 hours for bed

Emily Morgan reports on the effect surging patient demand is having on GPs, as they come under increasing abuse from the public and scrutiny from ministers.

'I don't know what more I can give,' says GP at breaking point over workload

More than 60% of Covid patients in Royal Preston Hospital haven’t been vaccinated. It’s such a large figure, it’s almost incredulous, writes Emily Morgan. 

Inside a hospital ward where more than 60% of Covid patients have had no vaccine

12 months since his inauguration, we look at which pledges Mr Biden has made good on, and how Americans have judged him.

How has Joe Biden fared in his first year as president?

High inflation makes everyone poorer but the outlook for the poorest households in the UK is bleak and distressing, Joel Hills writes.

Union demands pay rises to deal with 'cost of living catastrophe'

A 120-year-old crocodile discovered under the floorboards of a school classroom in Wales has gone on display.

120-year-old crocodile found under school floorboards goes on display

Prime Minister Boris Johnson alongside the newly elected Conservative MPs at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, after the party gained an 80-seat majority in the General Election.  Leon Neal/PA . 16-Dec-2019

A glimpse of what is happening behind the scenes of the Conservative Party as more MPs submit letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson.

What Tory MPs think about the PM and how many more are calling for him to go

Boris Johnson made the claim during during an interview with broadcasters on Tuesday.

Can the PM be saved by his 'no one told me it was a rule-breaking party' excuse?

Afghanistan's situation is so dire, that one father offered to sell his daughter to an ITV News team, while malnourished babies struggle for life in hospital.

Amid scenes of starvation is opinion on aid to Taliban-led Afghanistan changing?

A diminished domestic labour pool coupled with stricter immigration rules, post-Brexit, is a potent cocktail and not necessarily one you’d choose to order.

Reasons to be cheerfully anxious as latest labour figures are released

FILE - Britain's Prince Andrew attends the Sunday service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, following the death announcement of his father, Prince Philip, in England, April 11, 2021. When Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell goes on trial next week, the accuser who captivated the public most, with claims she was trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew and other prominent men, won’t be part of the case. U.S. prosecutors chose not to bring charges in connection with Virginia Giuffre, who says Epstein and Maxwell flew her around the world when she was 17 and 18 for sexual encounters with billionaires, politicians, royals and heads of state. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP, File)




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