13
Oct 2015
The Royal College of Midwives has warned that as the NHS comes under increasing pressure, more maternity units are closing their doors to patients due to budget cuts and a shortage of 2,600 full-time midwives. The union said that the shortage of midwives was having a considerable impact and that errors would “almost certainly be…
06
Oct 2015
David Cameron has announced at the Conservative Party’s annual conference that GPs throughout England will be offered a voluntary contract to provide a service for patients seven days a week. He also announced that seven-day services throughout hospitals will be extended to “half the country” by 2018 and to the whole of England by 2020.…
06
Oct 2015
MP Dr Dan Poulter, who was a minister at the Department of Health between 2012 and 2015, has said that junior doctors are “rightly upset” about possible cuts to their pay. He added that the Government’s proposed new contract will discourage junior doctors from choosing careers in areas that are going through recruitment problems. The…
02
Oct 2015
An investigation by the doctors’ magazine Pulse has found that some GPs in England are being offered payments, in some cases thousands of pounds, to reduce the number of patients they refer to hospital. Affected referrals include scans and specialist consultations, including those for suspected cancer patients. The investigation found that at least nine CCGs…
29
Sep 2015
Figures released by NHS England have shown that last year, 71,482 operations were postponed and 104 people died before their cancelled NHS surgery could be rescheduled. The figures also show that 27 operations were cancelled by hospitals for non-medical reasons where the patients later died, and that 6,100 patients have been waiting at least a…
29
Sep 2015
According to the Royal College of GPs, the government’s intention to open GP surgeries in England seven days a week risks destabilising care and is unachievable in the current Parliament. Ministers have pledged access to GPs seven days a week by 2020, and have promised 5,000 extra doctors to facilitate that. However, Maureen Baker, president…
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