Paramedic Shops in M&S while Collapsed Man Waits!!
An Elderly man who had collapsed had to wait for 20 minutes in an ambulance while a paramedic went shopping in Marks and Spencer, a care standards tribunal heard. Dominic Colella is also said to...
Category: Focus on Disability
Manchester Health Plan Can Save NHS – Report Out
Manchester’s plans for developed healrth and social care have been hailed as a blueprint that could rescue the NHS from its cash crisis. Under the proposals for devolved powers announced last month, Greater Manchester will...
Free tattoo removal costs NHS £350,000
More than 2,000 people have been given laser treatment after having second thoughts about their body “art”. And last night MPs branded it a “sheer waste” at a time when many hospitals are working at...
Labour pledge to help whistleblowers and fight bullying
An Exclusive in the Sunday People reports that Labour will create a new independent NHS body to protect health workers if it wins the General Election. Known as NHS staff champions, they will be the...
English hospital bills Welshman £1,775 – he’s a foreigner!!
Tony Brooks for the Daily Express reports that a Welsh resident claims he was treated like a health tourist by English hospital bosses who branded him a “foreigner” and billed him £1,775. Nicholas White fell...
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Pharmacists – A ‘hidden Army’ that could reduce GP waiting times
Charlie Cooper writing in the Independent Daily Briefing – Patients visiting their GP surgery with long-term health problems such as asthma and high blood pressure could be given an appointment with an in-house pharmacist instead...
NHS Tourists Leave £62m in Unpaid Bills
Health tourists have saddled the NHS with a staggering £62million in unpaid bills. Sick foreigners swoop into Britain for care and then jet home – leaving the taxpayer to pick up the tab. One patient...
Welfare Benefits – Banardo’s say it’s no ‘Safety Net’
The benefits system is “no longer providing an adequate safety net” for the poorest families, with “devastating effects” for vulnerable youngsters, a children’s charity is warning. In a report on recent changes to the welfare...
Care ‘should be available and free’ at the end of life
People with terminal diseases should be offered more free social care and a greater say in the type of support they receive at the end of their life, MPs said last night. While most people...