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Jul 2021
A service for people with autism and learning disabilities has been placed in special measures after inspectors rated it “inadequate”. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said Healthlinc House in Welton, Lincolnshire, had insufficient staff to deliver safe care to their patients. Poor staffing also led to people staying too long and being put at…
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Jul 2021
Over 4,300 people have died in India of the deadly “black fungus” in a growing epidemic which mostly affects Covid-19 patients. The fungus affects the eyes, nose and sometimes the brain, usually striking 12-18 days after recovery from Covid. Doctors have said the condition has a link with the steroids used to treat Covid, with…
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Jul 2021
A new study has found that prescriptions for children’s medicines dropped dramatically last year during the Covid-19 pandemic. Researchers from the University of Michigan studied data from pharmacies across the country, and found that prescribed medications dropped by over a quarter compared to the previous year and that the dispensing of antibiotics fell by 56…
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Jul 2021
The trial has found that patients given two different pills were three times more likely to experience complete remission than those given only one. They were also 23 per cent less likely to die or see their tumour grow or spread. Doctors at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Cancer Research…
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Jul 2021
It has been revealed that medical images and same day cancer tests will be rolled out across England in an effort to help with faster diagnosis. NHS chiefs have pledged an additional £20 million into pilot schemes aimed at speeding up the diagnosis of cancer. One of the plans will see GPs or medical photographers…
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Jul 2021
Sir Simon Stevens, chief executive of the NHS, has said that England’s backlog of patients waiting for routine treatment will take at least three years to clear, and warned that 13 million people will be left needing care “if no action was taken”. There is currently an all-time high of 5.3 million people waiting for…
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