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Nov 2020
The BMA has said that ‘urgent’ funding for premises is needed in order to improve access to practices, including £1bn which was originally pledged in 2016, but ‘did not reach practices’ in ‘large amounts’. In a submission to the Government’s spending review consultation, the union called for a ‘major multi-year funding injection’ into the NHS.…
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Nov 2020
An NHS hospital where a woman bled to death during childbirth in February 2019 has been handed an ‘urgent’ deadline by the Care Quality Commission to keep patients at its maternity unit safe. It has been revealed that the CQC found unsafe staffing levels at the unit at Basildon Hospital throughout the month of August,…
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Nov 2020
NHS England have informed GPs that they should urgently review shielding lists for Covid-19 and remove all children who are no longer considered to be clinically extremely vulnerable, ahead of an ‘imminent’ update to Government guidance. They have also been advised to urgently add all adults with stage 5 chronic kidney disease and those with…
10
Nov 2020
Following a low-carb diet has shown promise in reversing type 2 diabetes, and new research suggests it could also help the hardest-to-treat patients to replace their medication with the diet. Currently over four million people in the UK suffer from type 2 diabetes, which is linked to poor lifestyle and obesity. An additional seven million…
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Nov 2020
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has begun a national review in England following a rise in stillbirths between April and June, during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, when there were 40 stillbirths recorded after the start of labour, compared with 24 in the same period last year. Pregnancy and childbirth experts say this…
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Nov 2020
Health chiefs have heard that getting to see their GP or attempting to access related services has become a frustrating issue for Calderdale residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. Members of Calderdale Council Health and Wellbeing Board held a meeting to discuss the effect the pandemic has had on local services, including accessing GPs, using technology…
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