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Oct 2022
The House of Commons’ Health Committee blamed the failure of the government to tackle doctor shortages, which had resulted in a decline in the traditional GP/patient relationship, adding that seeing a GP should not be likened to booking an Uber driver. The warning comes on the heels of ministers launching a drive to improve…
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Oct 2022
According to official statistics, up to 40,000 cancers went undiagnosed during the first year of Covid, laying bare the ‘true and catastrophic impact’ of the pandemic. In the year 2020, 290,000 people in England were diagnosed with cancer, down by approximately a tenth on the previous year, the biggest drop logged since records began…
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Oct 2022
President Joe Biden has hit the headlines again in recent weeks for what appears to have been another senior moment, having called out to a recently deceased reporter at a press conference. The President’s ongoing confusion has been evident on several occasions, but how can you distinguish between simple confusion – let’s face it, it…
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Oct 2022
A fundraising target to allow a ground-breaking machine treating cancer patients to be kept in the UK has been reached after cancer charity Planets raised £1m to buy the device. Mobetron, which gives patients a high dose of radiation during surgery to help prevent the return of tumours, will continue to be used at…
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Oct 2022
Doctors recruited from some of the world’s poorest countries to work in hospitals throughout the UK say they’re being exploited and are concerned they are so overworked they fear putting patients’ safety at risk. An investigation by the BBC has found evidence that doctors from Nigeria are being recruited by a British healthcare company…
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Oct 2022
Latest figures have shown that the waiting list for hospital treatment in England has hit a record high of seven million, and analysis has shown that the risk is being driven by the inability of hospitals to get back to full strength rather than an increase in demand. Hospitals are undertaking 12 per cent…
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