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Nov 2017
There are currently around 700,000 births in England each year and an estimated 1,000 of these result in babies unexpectedly dying or being left with severe brain injury. The Health Secretary has said the NHS in England must work harder to reduce these numbers and to learn from mistakes, adding that all cases would now…
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Nov 2017
A health service study has found that online GP consultations, which are currently being piloted in 36 GP practices throughout England, may not assist in cutting patient waiting time and reducing GPs’ workload. The study, funded by The National Institute for Health Research, found that 38 per cent of the online consultations led to a…
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Nov 2017
Following the recent Budget, which allocated £2.8 billion to the NHS over a 24 month period, NHS England is drawing up a list of non-urgent drugs and routine operations which they say they cannot afford to fund. The amount allocated fell far short of the £8 billion that Health leaders had requested. Medicines at risk…
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Nov 2017
A major national audit by the Royal College of Physicians has found that at least 675 patients have falls on NHS wards every day, many of which are preventable and caused by patients being unsteady from medication or not having the use of a walking frame. The audit found that there were 246,425 falls on…
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Nov 2017
A local family lawyer has called on unmarried couples in West Yorkshire to take action to protect themselves, as they could be vulnerable if the relationship breaks down. Sarah Crowther from Chadwick Lawrence made the calls as part of a national Cohabitation Awareness Week that is being led by Resolution, who campaign for a fairer…
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Nov 2017
An investigation has found that NHS patients are currently waiting up to two weeks longer for a routine operation than they were a year ago, with some patients waiting for more than two years. The figures showed that, although health service rules state that patients should be treated within 18 weeks, the average wait for…
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