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Jun 2023
The UK’s largest provider of healthcare courses said seeing nurses “tired” and on strike had led to a fall in applications by almost 25 per cent. Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) trains around 1,000 nurses each year and said an increase from the pandemic had dropped off. The Department of Health said it was…
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Jun 2023
New research has confirmed that women who take a new anti-osteoporosis drug could be at an increased risk of having a heart attack. Osteoporosis causes a loss of bone tissue in some women aged 50 and above. The condition which causes bones to become weaker and more likely to break, affects 3.5 million people…
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Jun 2023
Professor Dame Lesley Regan, appointed to support the Women’s Health Strategy implementation, has said the NHS in England is “failing women” with the condition. Dame Lesley said she wanted women to be able to self-refer to specialists, adding that women and girls should not have to seek “permission to go and have your crippling…
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Jun 2023
GPs in England could start to offer weight-loss injections to some patients to reduce obesity-related illnesses and the resultant pressure on NHS services. The jab, named Wegovy, was approved for NHS use following research which suggested users could shed over 10 per cent of their body weight. The drug reduces appetite, so that…
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Jun 2023
A Birmingham trust, which is accused of having a toxic culture, has had their ratings for maternity services at two hospitals downgraded. The Care Quality Commission issued a warning notice for the service at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and rated it inadequate, and the service at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield was deemed to…
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Jun 2023
The Royal College of Radiologists is warning that all four UK nations are currently facing “chronic staff shortages”, with patients waiting too long for vital treatment and tests. Fifty per cent of all cancer units are now reporting frequent delays for both chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Ministers have said a workforce strategy for the…
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