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Apr 2015
A report by the Royal College of Nursing has warned that the next government must take immediate action to increase NHS nurse numbers. According to the RCN, if health visitors, school nurses and midwives are not included, there are fewer nurses now than in 2010. It said that a significant factor in the shortage was…
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Apr 2015
A poll by the British Medical Association of over 15,000 GPs suggests that a crisis is being faced by GP services, with a third of doctors considering retirement in the next five years. The survey also found that more than a quarter were thinking about reducing to part-time hours, and one in 10 were considering…
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Apr 2015
Health bosses at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, which has been under severe pressure in recent weeks, were forced to bring in a doctor who is on-call for substantial disasters, to help with problems at their under-pressure A&E department. The doctor, who is known as a medical incident officer, treated eight patients at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on…
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Apr 2015
The survey of over 15,000 UK GPs conducted by the British Medical Association concluded that 93% of those surveyed thought that their workload impacted negatively on the quality of care. Less than one in ten believed that the standard consultation time of ten minutes for each patient was adequate, and half thought that practices should…
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Apr 2015
The General Medical Council is to review a case against NHS manager Dame Barbara Hakin, who has faced claims of instructing a hospital trust to meet performance targets at whatever cost, thereby endangering patients, during the period that she was head of the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority. After an investigation into the matter in…
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Apr 2015
The NHS waiting time for accident and emergency treatment in England has hit its worst level in ten years, with only 91.8% of patients being seen in four hours between January and March, the target being 95%. The weekly performance has been below 95% since September last year and the target has been missed throughout…
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