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May 2015
Dr John Dean, who is based at the Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust, has described private healthcare as a ‘con’, with doctors more concerned about generating a ‘fat fee’ than providing the best care for their patients. Of the 40,000 NHS consultants in the UK, around 40 per cent undertake some extent of private…
05
May 2015
A damning report has shown that standards of care are much worse in areas where GPs do not provide evening and weekend services, and locum doctors are employed to take on that role. The research, carried out by the universities of Cambridge, Exeter and University College London, which involved a million patients, showed that locum…
05
May 2015
A report by Save the Children has found that the UK is ranked 24th in the charity’s annual State of the World’s Mothers Index, meaning that Britain’s expectant mothers have lower chances of survival than mothers in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and many former Soviet nations. Contributory factors for the poor ranking are obesity, high…
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Apr 2015
According to new information released by Diabetes UK, over 400,000 diabetes patients are not getting their annual foot check, despite the checks being crucial in the prevention of diabetes-linked amputation. Despite the National Institute for Health Care and Excellence advising that everyone with diabetes should have the check each year, the figures reveal that an…
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Apr 2015
It has emerged that in the last four years, the spend on agency nurses in the South West of England has risen from around £12m to over £59m. The Royal College of Nursing has said that a shortage of nursing staff is “crippling” the NHS. There are fewer nurses now than in 2010, and the…
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Apr 2015
Following the recent recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission, the Government has confirmed the following increases in national minimum wage rates to take effect on 1 October 2015: Adult rate to increase from £6.50 to £6.70 per hour. Youth development rate (18-20 year olds) to increase from £5.13 to £5.30 per hour. Young worker…
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