Cutting-edge therapies could be denied as specialists quit health service
Nurses test the hearing of a newborn childOn Ward 24, two nurses work at the nurses stationA surgical team prepares a patient for their operationReuters/Hannah McKayIn the physiotherapy department, amputees take a classA surgical team prepares a patient for their operationIn the audiology department, a mother watches on as her son is given a hearing testOn Ward 24, a patient waits on their bedReuters/Hannah McKayInpatient Donald Ritson lies in bed in Ward 24 in Milton Keynes University...
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