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Dec 2020
A Care Quality Commission survey has found that one in three patients diagnosed with Covid-19 felt that they did not receive the help they needed from community health services or social care following their discharge from hospital. A recent report by Healthwatch England highlighted that many patients were discharged from hospital between March and August…
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Dec 2020
The initial findings and urgent recommendations from an inquiry into the biggest maternity scandal in the history of the NHS will be published next month. The independent investigation into 1,862 cases and the scale of the care disaster at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust will deliver findings from a selection of 250 cases, including…
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Dec 2020
Public Health England has warned that the number of patients with an antibiotic resistant infection is increasing across England, with some infections rising by a third since 2015. In its latest annual report on the threat of antimicrobial resistance, they revealed the number of resistant infections in England has risen to 178 a day in…
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Dec 2020
Expectant mothers are being warned about potentially confusing guidance on the consumption of caffeine during pregnancy, as research suggests energy drinks could have potentially lethal consequences for their baby. A new report by Tommy’s Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre claims to have established a 27 per cent rise in the risk of stillbirth for…
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Dec 2020
The World Health Organisation has begun plans to eradicate cervical cancer globally, with public health professionals celebrating the move as an “unprecedented milestone”. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer for women in 42 countries, and a woman is killed by the disease every two minutes around the world. A strategy introduced…
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Dec 2020
Andrew Goodall, chief executive of NHS Wales, has warned that it will take “a number of years” for NHS waiting times in the country to recover to pre-coronavirus levels. Waiting list figures have grown after the majority of non-urgent treatment was postponed to prepare the NHS for the first coronavirus wave. The service has since…
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