Charlie Cooper writing for The Independent: Netnums poll in wake of death of William Mead finds 78% of mothers would bypass 111 service The vast majority of mothers would go straight to A&E rather than...
He says the service needs to be made simpler and its algorithm changed. Clinicians no longer form the basis for the NHS’s flagship helpline service Jon Stone for The Independent 26/01/2016: The NHS 111 phone line service will...
Steven Morris for The Guardian 20/01/2016, gives us a viewpoint from Steve Hulks a community paramedic practitioner in Kent, whose job is about advising, reassuring – and easing pressure on A&E You do get a...
New proposed guidelines on alcohol have been drawn up by the Chief Medical Officers of the UK The expert group that produced the guidelines looked at the body of new evidence about the potential harms...
Charlie Cooper writing in The Independent: Stress affecting one in three junior doctors, according to British Medical Association The job of a junior doctor is becoming “undoable”, the British Medical Association has said, as a...
A DAD died of blood poisoning after doctors failed to diagnose an infection properly, an official report has revealed. It slammed the “devastating impact” when NHS bosses fail to respond properly when things go wrong....
A daily capsule of probiotic bacteria may help people cope with mild anxiety and memory problems, according to a small study of healthy men. Those who took the bug-bearing capsules for a month reported less...
Charlie Cooper writing in The Independent (15/10/2015) – The health watchdog NICE had been told by NHS England to suspend its research on safe staffing levels in June. The health watchdog NICE ditched plans to make...
Charlie Cooper writing in The Independent 28/09/2015 – The Scottish government has rejected the new contract proposals by Westminster, meaning doctors in Scotland will not be affected by any reforms to pay and conditions Scotland...
Olivia Blair writing in The Independent – Former health minister Norman Lamb has warned the NHS could collapse within two years, unless the government pumps billions of pounds into services. Former health minister Norman Lamb...
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