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Jun 2019
Investigations are underway over suspicions that GPs are claiming for non-existent patients. GPs currently receive around £150 a year for each patient on their list, but records have shown that in 2018, there were 3.6 million more patients on the system than there were people in England. On average, a GP has around 1,700 patients…
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Jun 2019
The Care Quality Commission have imposed urgent enforcement powers on Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, ordering them to make immediate improvements to their leadership and safety The trust’s previously ‘good’ rating was downgraded to ‘requirements improvement’, following inspections from the CQC from November to January. The trust’s management were inspected, as well as emergency…
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Jun 2019
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered a type of chemical, which is called a dinuclear Ru (II) complex, which they believe is able to kill bacteria too strong for treatment with normal medicines. Current figures estimate that by the year 2050, around 10 million people each year will die because of infections which…
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Jun 2019
Nearly 3,000 patients have been denied a cataract operation in the last 12 months following a referral by their GP, despite NICE guidelines in 2017, intended to put an end to refusals. Up to 4.5 million people in England, around half of the over 65s, have some level of cataract growth. Experts have said that…
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Jun 2019
The National Institutes of Health in the US have recently published three major studies on gut bacteria, which found that repeated tests located the microbial zoo changing in ways that can eventually assist doctors in determining who may be at risk of inflammatory bowel disease and premature birth. Researcher from the institute, Dr Lita Proctor,…
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Jun 2019
Over 8,000 lower leg, foot and toe amputations are carried out by the NHS each year due to diabetes, and this figure is rising thanks to an increase in type 2 diabetes, rates of which have doubled in the last 20 years. However, a breakthrough in wound care technology could put a stop to this…
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