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Sep 2014
The regulator Monitor will shortly be releasing details of 147 ‘elite’ NHS foundation trusts in England, including hospitals, ambulance services and mental health services. The findings are expected to say that the trusts are running up an overall deficit for the first time, raising the concern that performance levels may drop, with the effect being…
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Sep 2014
According to Cancer Research UK, NHS cancer services in England are struggling following years of cost savings and recent reforms in the NHS. The charity is calling for greater funding to meet the demands of an ageing population. In 2013-14, GPs referred nearly 1.5 million patients in England with suspected cancer, which was an increase…
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Sep 2014
GP practices that are currently providing inadequate care are to be provided with deadlines to improve or face potential closure, under recently proposed special measures. The special measures will be introduced from October this year by the Care Quality Commission, coinciding with 8,000 practices being rated on whether they are outstanding, good, requiring improvement or…
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Sep 2014
Researchers at the Monash Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, have identified three types of stem cells in umbilical cord blood, which could be the key to preventing cerebral palsy. The researchers have found that giving back the blood to newborns within 12 hours of birth could prevent the likelihood of birth asphyxia, which…
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Aug 2014
Investigators at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are asking medical staff to watch for early signs of an unusually small baby developing in a mother with preeclampsia. This condition is identified through high blood pressure and protein in the mother’s urine. Through research undertaken at the university, it was determined that smaller-than-average babies…
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Jul 2014
Many maternity units have had to close in England in the last 12 months, the most common reason being due to lack of beds or shortage of staff, with 51% of 121 respondents temporarily closing units in 2013. Dr Dan Poulter, Health Minister, has said that units had closed only on “limited occasions”. He said…
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