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Mar 2019
NHS England have said that there is no obligation for GPs to be at the helm of primary care networks, and that ‘any clinician’ in general practice will now be able to take charge. Under the new five-year GP contract, which was released in January, extra funding will be provided to practices to join networks.…
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Mar 2019
MPs are urging NHS England to stop the planned privatisation of cancer screening services in Oxford, following warnings by doctors that they will damage the health of patients. This follows the news that a private organisation has been awarded a contract to deliver positron emission computerised tomography (PET-CT) scanning in the Thames Valley, and that…
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Mar 2019
Donna Ockenden, a senior midwife who is conducting a review into failings in maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, has written to reassure parents over concerns that the inquiry was being ‘watered down’. Parents had objected to the scrutiny panel including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) over questions about…
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Mar 2019
Saying targets were becoming outdated, NHS bosses have unveiled plans for an overhaul of the A&E waiting time target, together with changes to waiting times for cancer and planned operations. Rather than aiming for all patients to be seen and treated within the target of four hours, instead the sickest patients will be prioritised for…
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Mar 2019
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Stanford University have said that the ‘internal wiring’ of the disease can predict which women are more likely to relapse or recover. It is hoped that the findings will be able to identify patients who need closer monitoring and reassure those who are at low risk of recurrence.…
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Mar 2019
The flagship cancer waiting time target has now been missed by the NHS in England for over 1,000 days, with 25 per cent of patients facing treatment delays. Treatment should start within 62 days of a referral and the target set is to achieve that for 85 per cent of patients. However, the latest figures…
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