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Jan 2017
The Royal College of Nursing has said that nurses have reported that current NHS conditions are the worst they have experienced. Janet Davies, the RCN’s chief executive, said that frontline nurses had informed her that, whilst they wanted to provide patients with the best care, they had been told to discharge them before they were…
10
Jan 2017
A study conducted by Oxford University and published in the BMJ, has indicated that the NHS programme set up last year to screen patients at a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, is not likely to have much impact, concluding that inaccurate blood tests would give too many incorrect diagnoses. The UK’s National Diabetes…
10
Jan 2017
Figures released by NHS England have shown that alerts have been issued by a third of England’s hospital trusts pleading for urgent action to be taken to help with the pressure of patient numbers. Seven of the 50 trusts involved warned that they were unable to provide comprehensive care to patients and that they ran…
22
Dec 2016
Experts have predicted that advances in cancer research and improvements in treatment will save an extra 400,000 lives over the next 20 years. According to Cancer Research UK, latest figures reveal that for every 100,000 people in the UK, 331 died from cancer in 2014, and by 2034 this number will drop to 280 for…
22
Dec 2016
According to a leading health statistician, the NHS is being put under increasing pressure by a fall in the number of hospital beds and this is contributing to the number of patient deaths. Although the government’s recommended average occupancy level is 85 per cent, this investigation has revealed that in England, hospital occupancy levels have…
08
Dec 2016
A BBC investigation has found that 25 per cent of women are being transferred from midwife-led units to consultants due to birth complications. As part of the investigation, researchers contacted 139 hospital trusts under the Freedom of Information Act and received responses from 128 midwife-led units throughout England. The recommendation from the National Institute for…
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