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Aug 2015
Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt has been told by family doctors that plans to cut salary supplements to trainee GPs could have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on the workforce and compromise patient safety. The government is considering proposals to stop pay subsidies worth between £14,300 and £16,200 to trainee GPs, which had originally been brought in…
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Aug 2015
Figures have revealed that if cancer diagnosed early, patients are three times more likely to survive the disease, stressing the importance of symptoms being picked up by patients and doctors before tumours have a chance to spread. The analysis undertaken by Cancer Research UK showed that 80 per cent of patients with one of the…
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Aug 2015
According to a recent study, playing music during surgery can be off-putting and surgeons should think carefully about including this in the operating theatre. For the study, which was published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, 20 operations across two UK hospitals were observed. Music was played in 16 of the operations. Multiple cameras were…
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Aug 2015
A study published in the British Journal of Cancer has suggested that the track record for cancer survival in England is lagging behind other countries with comparable health systems. The researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine studied survival rates for breast, lung, rectal, colon, ovarian and stomach cancers, comparing them to…
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Aug 2015
As part of a drive towards an ‘honest’ NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt recently announced that each time a patient is referred to a hospital for treatment, their GP will be required to inform them on average waiting times. Patients will also be provided with data about the quality of their local hospital. The minister…
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Aug 2015
A study, reported in the journal Current Biology, has revealed that in tests on mice, irregular sleeping patterns have clearly been shown to lead to cancer, lending weight to concerns about the impact of shift work on health. During the study, mice that had an increased risk of developing breast cancer had their body’s internal…
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