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Mar 2024
Local midwives, nurses and families have stressed their worries about proposals to close one of two north London maternity wards. The NHS board covering the area has been running a consultation to close a unit at either the Whittington Hospital in Archway or the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, and the Royal College of…
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Mar 2024
Doctors are attempting to trace people who visited Doncaster Royal Infirmary’s A&E department between 24th and 26th February as a precautionary measure, following a suspected case of measles. Dr Ken Agwuh, director of infection and control at the trust, said that whilst people did not need to take immediate action, he wanted to remind…
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Mar 2024
A new study has revealed that Britons with cancer symptoms are deterred from seeking help due to difficulties securing GP appointments, and Cancer Research have warned that the ‘worrying’ delays could damage their chances of survival. The charity acknowledged that it was “not always easy” to see a family doctor, but stressed that anyone…
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Mar 2024
Doctors writing in the Lancet medical journal have warned that babies are dying needlessly or being left brain damaged due to a failure to adopt a simple test for heart defects. Pulse oximetry measures a baby’s oxygen levels and takes around five minutes. However, doctors writing in the journal say it is yet to…
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Mar 2024
Care Quality Commission inspectors who have downgraded the maternity department at Kettering General Hospital have said low staffing levels “put the safety of birthing people and babies at risk”, and graded the unit as “requires improvement”. The hospital have said a significant amount of work has taken place to address the issues highlighted by…
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Mar 2024
The NHS are urging more people over the age of 40 to have a blood pressure check, saying there are millions who do not realise they may have dangerously high levels. There are often no warning symptoms of high blood pressure and it is thought that around a third of cases remain undiagnosed, around…
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