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Aug 2015
According to an enquiry by Healthwatch England, high levels of hospital readmissions are being blamed on the poor way patient discharges are handled. The watchdog researched patient surveys, 3,000 patient reports, and information obtained from Freedom of Information requests, and found that any hospitals were failing to contact relatives or investigate whether the patient’s home environment…
04
Aug 2015
According to a report by the King’s Fund and the Health Foundation think tanks, a “transformation fund” of £1.5bn a year needs to be invested in addition to the £8bn which has been promised by the government by the year 2020, which would pave the way for investment in new areas of care. The Health…
17
Jul 2015
Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of NHS England, has disclosed that one in seven operations and procedures are unnecessary, calling for the ‘waste’ to be reduced. He also estimated that nearly 15 per cent of the NHS budget is currently being spent on procedures and treatments that should not be taking place, costing the Health…
17
Jul 2015
Figures from NHS England show that the number of patients currently waiting for routine operations and procedures stands at 3.12 million, although as not all trusts report information, the true figure is estimated to be almost 3.4 million. These figures include over 6,100 patients who have been waiting for over a year for treatment or…
15
Jul 2015
Figures released by the NHS show that over 135 patients with diabetes undergo an amputation every week, an increase of 17% in the last five years. It is estimated that in the UK there are currently 3.9 million adults with diabetes, a 62 per cent increase in ten years, and experts have warned that the…
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Jul 2015
A study has shown that a new drug, which contains the hormone progesterone, could help 50% of women with breast cancer to live for longer. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Adelaide say that the results of the study, which is in its early stages, are “very significant” and clinical trials…
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