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Oct 2018
According to cancer Breast Cancer Care, thousands of terminal breast cancer patients are being denied specialist nursing care, and that almost three quarters of UK NHS trusts are currently not providing dedicated nurses. This comes despite a government statement three years ago that it was ‘committed to increasing the capacity’ of specialist cancer nurses and…
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Oct 2018
A child health report has claimed that the number of infant deaths in the UK will rise to twice the rate of other western countries if the current trend continues. The report stated that the infant mortality rate in England and Wales escalated in 2015 and 2016, and is now 30 per cent higher than…
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Oct 2018
Official figures have revealed that the NHS waiting list is the longest for 11 years, and that 4.15 million patients are currently waiting for routine treatment, around six per cent of the whole of the UK population. The news comes just as Britain is about to enter the winter months and could mean that the…
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Oct 2018
A major study led by the World Health Organisation has found that more than a quarter of babies are now born by Caesarean section, and has linked the findings to rising levels of obesity, women having babies later in life, and fear of labour. Study leader Dr Marleen Temmerman, warned that the procedure should not…
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Oct 2018
Health and Social Secretary Matt Hancock has vowed to reduce NHS spending on agency staff, adding that this is ‘demoralising for workers. Although a lot of effort has been made in reducing the numbers of agency staff used, Mr Hancock said that there was further work to be done. He added that the NHS’s own…
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Oct 2018
In their latest annual report, the Care Quality Commission have warned that the public is facing increasing ‘care injustice’ as they are finding it progressively more difficult to find help in England. The regulator highlighted increasing hospital waiting lists, record dissatisfaction levels with GPs and growing delays at A&E. The following points were amongst those…
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