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Oct 2015
An experimental therapy programme is being set up to help patients at risk of developing diabetes-related kidney problems. The programme, which is being run by NHS Blood and Transplant, will involve injecting patients with stromal cells in order to slow down or halt tissue damage, thereby removing the necessity for transplants or dialysis. The cells…
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Oct 2015
Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission have found that, of 79 trusts recently inspected, safety problems have been highlighted in three quarters of cases, and concerns have also been found with one in three GP services. Major issues to come forward were lack of staff, the way mistakes were investigated and medicines managed. The CQC’s…
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Oct 2015
The government has unveiled details on how it plans to save the NHS £1bn on agency staff costs over the next three years. Spending will be capped and from April 2016, NHS trusts in England will not be permitted to pay over the shift rate plus 55%, to reflect the cost of administration and National…
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Oct 2015
The Royal College of Midwives has warned that as the NHS comes under increasing pressure, more maternity units are closing their doors to patients due to budget cuts and a shortage of 2,600 full-time midwives. The union said that the shortage of midwives was having a considerable impact and that errors would “almost certainly be…
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Oct 2015
David Cameron has announced at the Conservative Party’s annual conference that GPs throughout England will be offered a voluntary contract to provide a service for patients seven days a week. He also announced that seven-day services throughout hospitals will be extended to “half the country” by 2018 and to the whole of England by 2020.…
06
Oct 2015
MP Dr Dan Poulter, who was a minister at the Department of Health between 2012 and 2015, has said that junior doctors are “rightly upset” about possible cuts to their pay. He added that the Government’s proposed new contract will discourage junior doctors from choosing careers in areas that are going through recruitment problems. The…
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