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Theresa May claims UK’s ‘strong public finances’ and taking back control of Britain’s money after Brexit will allow the NHS to receive its extra £20.5billion a year as she unveils the full 10-year plan The Prime Minister officially launched the NHS’s plan in Liverpool today It sets out ambitions to prevent 500,000 premature deaths in […]
We’ll save 500,000 more lives, vows NHS: Ten-year plan will provide DNA-tailored treatment to children with cancer and crack down on heart disease and strokes – despite fears of £1bn budget black hole Follows Theresa May’s pledge to hand NHS an extra £20billion in 10-year plan Doctors will also carry out genetic testing for condition […]
NHS spends as little as £238 per trust on cyber security and training despite WannaCry attack which cost the health service £92million and cancelled 20,000 appointments NHS cyber security is ‘patchy at best’ said experts investigating its systems IT security spending by NHS trusts varied from £0 to £78,000 last year The damning revelation comes […]
NHS emergency services in England are struggling to cope with a ‘year round crisis’ that is damaging patient care, leading doctors warn Patients received worse care last summer than in five recent winters Some 125,215 were left stranded for over four hours on a trolley waiting for care This is more than in any of […]
A reader recently asked me to explain what’s meant by overdiagnosis. I wasn’t surprised because it (and overtreatment) is the buzz word of the moment in medical circles. For the avoidance of doubt here’s the definition of overdiagnosis. It’s the diagnosis of a condition that, if unrecognised, wouldn’t cause symptoms or harm a patient. The […]
Mental health patients are waiting up to 13 YEARS for treatment because of NHS delays that are ‘ruining people’s lives’ Some 24% of mental-health sufferers wait more than three months for treatment Long waits are blamed for patients getting divorced and losing their jobs Some 37% who wait for months or years see their mental […]
The growing workload crisis in NHS primary care could be helped by the systematic integration of community health workers at scale, a study shows. Published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, the modelling study was led by researchers at Imperial College London. Using a model introduced in Brazil’s Family Health Strategy, they […]
The NHS is ‘subconsciously racist’ and doesn’t promote enough BME doctors, claims the head of the British Medical Association Dr Chaand Nagpaul admits the NHS has ‘moved a long way’ since the Eighties He claims that he was rejected from GP training 9 times because of his name The NHS employs 100,000 doctors, of which a […]
What’s your heart’s age? NHS test shows risk of deadly heart attacks for millions What is your heart’s age? Results of NHS test shows the risk of deadly heart attacks and strokes for millions The obesity crisis is taking its toll on the nation’s heart health With 78 per cent of over-30s found to have […]