Care Home Patients at Risk Through Lack of Water
Staff ‘don’t want them going to the toilet at night’ The Daily Mail reports today regarding elderly care home residents’ lives being put at risk because many staff do not give them enough to drink,...
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Fit for Work advice service ‘Goes Live’
The Fit for Work website has closed Advice on returning to work, health conditions and fit notes You can get help and advice with: returning to work after absence information on health conditions information about...
1 in 5 Cancers diagnosed at A&E – Postcode Lottery?
One in five cancers are being diagnosed at A&E – dramatically slashing the patient’s chances of survival. GPs have been partly blamed for not spotting the warning signs early enough. But the National Audit Office...
A&E Crisis – Officials say 5 Years to Repair
The winter crisis in hospital A&E departments could take up to 5 years to sort out, senior health officials warned yesterday. Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of NHS England said it would be “foolish” to...
NHS 111 Service – They Ask “Bizzare” Questions
An MP has asked for an urgent review of an NHS helpline after revelations yesterday that patients are being asked nonsensical questions. Liberal Democrat Andrew George claimed the non-emergency 111 service went into “meltdown” in...
Cataracts – Cause Found – Better Treatments?
Mark Reynolds reporting in the Daily Express – Scientists have discovered the cause of cataracts that could help in developing better treatments and diets to combat the condition. They found that ducts in the eyes...
Anger – 21 Cancer Drugs are Axed
“Not much point scientists finding treatments that end up axed and archived” Thousands of cancer patients will be denied life-prolonging medication after health chiefs decided to axe 21 drugs deemed to expensive for the NHS....
£100m Translation Bill – NHS Tops List
Taxpayers are forking out £100million a year on translation for immigrants, it was revealed last night. Police, town halls, hospitals and courts have to pay for translating documents and hiring interpreters. The biggest spender is...
Career Suicide – Speaking Out In The NHS
Almost two years ago, a cancer surgeon named Joseph Meirion Thomas decided that he could no longer keep quiet about what he regarded as a major abuse of the NHS. The francis Inquiry into the...
Mental health funds for kids’ cut by £50m
The Government has “broken its promise” to prioritise children’s mental health by slashing funding by £50million a year. NHS England revealed in a parliamentary answer yesterday that spending on services has dropped by more than...