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Mar 2017
According to a study conducted by researchers at the University of York, doctors who have qualified outside the EU are twice as likely as those who qualified in Britain to be struck off or suspended. Currently, all doctors from outside of the EU are required to sit an English language and clinical skills test before…
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Mar 2017
It has emerged that patient numbers waiting at A&E departments for four hours or more have increased by over 300 per cent and the number of patients not seen in the target time has more than doubled in 2015-16 over the previous 12 months. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s policy research manager Dr Simon…
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Mar 2017
New NHS rules have stipulated that all patients being admitted to hospital with suspected sepsis must be treated by a senior doctor and assessed, administered with antibiotics and put on intravenous fluids, within one hour of arriving at hospital. Sepsis is the leading cause of avoidable death in the UK, claiming at least 44,000 victims…
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Mar 2017
It is commonly known that overweight mothers hold an increased risk of a range of conditions that can harm an infant’s brain, and now new research has shown that obesity increases the risk of having a child with cerebral palsy. The study conducted at the University of Michigan looked at children born in Sweden between…
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Mar 2017
Campaigners are asking for all expectant mothers to be screened for the Group B Strep bacteria in an attempt to save lives and prevent babies being left with disabilities. Early Onset Group B Strep is a bacteria which can be carried by pregnant mothers and passed to their babies. In the majority of cases it…
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Feb 2017
A report by the King’s Fund has urged MPs to back proposals by local health managers to redesign NHS services in a bid for them to be run more cost effectively and offer a better standard of care. The proposals could lead to the closure of maternity wards, accident and emergency units, cancer units and…
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