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May 2019
An NHS inspectors’ report has ruled that Norfolk and Norwich Hospital remains in special measures following a ‘requires improvement’ rating. Although the hospital has improved on an ‘inadequate’ rating six months previously, the report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found that ‘definitive steps’ needed to be taken to ‘improve the culture, openness and transparency…
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May 2019
Hypothyroidism currently affects around one in 20 people and is more common amongst women and people in older age. Patients with the condition are commonly prescribed lifelong daily hormone pills, usually either levothyroxine (T4) or the more expensive liothyronine (T3). NHS figures show that in 2018, over 32 million prescriptions for levothyroxine were issued in…
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May 2019
Recent research, the findings of which have been published in the British Medical Journal, suggests that glucosamine supplements used as a remedy for joint pain may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. Nearly 500,000 people took part in the research and one in five of these regularly took glucosamine. The results of the research found…
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May 2019
Scientists have announced that the world’s first drugs designed to combat cancer cells to stop them from becoming resistant to treatment could be available to the public within the next ten years. The Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) has announced a £75 million investment to develop the drugs. The ICR’s chief executive Professor Paul Workman…
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May 2019
Health secretary Matt Hancock has indicated that he is prepared to look into ‘all options’ to increase vaccination levels in England, including considering a compulsory immunisation programme. According to charity Unicef, over 500,000 children in the UK remained unvaccinated against measles from 2010 to 2017, and earlier this year NHS England warned that ‘vaccination deniers’…
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May 2019
Research recently undertaken by the Nuffield Trust has revealed that the number of GPs per 100,000 people has dropped from just under 65 in 2014 to 60 in 2018. This comes at a time when demands on GPs are rising, partly due to an ageing population and changes in lifestyles. This news follows recent reports…
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