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Feb 2019
Health secretary Matt Hancock has said that by 2021, he expects GPs to routinely communicate to patients by email rather than sending letters. He added that he could see no reason why prescriptions and test results could not be emailed to patients, although letters could still be sent to those who do not use email.…
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Feb 2019
Asthma UK have warned that thousands of asthmatic patients in the UK have not received potentially life-saving follow-up GP appointments after an attack, and the charity added that nearly two out of three patients surveyed did not see their GP in the 48 hours following emergency care. Around 20 per cent of asthma patients who…
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Feb 2019
Waiting times for Accident & Emergency treatment have reached their worst levels since 2004, the year the four hour target waiting time was introduced. This news comes following reports that hospitals seemed to be coping well in the early part of winter. Last month, under 85 per cent of patients were treated within the target…
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Feb 2019
Recent figures, released by NHS Resolution, show that hundreds of patients received compensation settlements from the NHS in the last four years, following failures to detect cancer symptoms, which equates to three potentially fatal errors in diagnosis in an average week. The figures also showed that cancer claims were only a small portion of 5,260…
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Feb 2019
Forty health organisations have teamed up to encourage more people over the age of 40 to have a routine NHS health check and to know their blood pressure and cholesterol numbers, as having this information could save their life. These numbers can flag up early signs of cardiovascular disease, which can lead to strokes and…
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Feb 2019
Charity Breast Cancer Now have called for younger women with a family history of breast cancer to receive annual screenings to help in earlier diagnosis of the disease. NHS screening for breast cancer usually begins at the age of 40 for at-risk women. However, he charity recently funded a study which showed that different forms…
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