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May 2022
Charities have today warned that England’s cancer backlog will not be tackled for another five years without further action. MacMillan estimates that 32,000 fewer patients than expected have commenced their first treatment in the two years since the start of the pandemic, due to a combination of poor GP access, patients being reluctant to…
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May 2022
NHS figures have shown that nearly 100,000 people in the county waited for longer than eight days to see their GP in February, making it the worst performing authority area in England that month. According to The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) just 41 per cent of patients were able to see their GP…
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May 2022
The Accident & Emergency department at Leicester Royal Infirmary is struggling with long waits due to soaring demand according to health bosses with some patients waiting hours to be seen and even longer to be given beds. NHS bosses apologised and said issues surrounding access to social care and GP’s were a factor, and…
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May 2022
The NHS Trust that runs Nottingham’s hospitals has appointed the head of a council as its new chief executive. Anthony May, current chief executive of Nottinghamshire County Council, joins the trust in the middle of a review of its maternity services and months after an inspection highlighted a “culture of bullying”. Nottingham University…
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May 2022
Analysis by the BBC has found a 77 per cent increase in the most serious safety incidents logged by paramedics in England over the last year, compared to before the pandemic. Doctors also say that in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the 999 system is under “tremendous pressure”. Research has shown there were…
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May 2022
Patients with asbestos-triggered cancers could live for long and in less pain due to a breakthrough treatment that slows the growth of tumours. Currently, just seven per cent of patients with mesothelioma survive for longer than five years from diagnosis. But results from a new trial show a new drug, abemaciclib, can extend…
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