NHS
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The NHS will be unable to provide top quality care for those with cancer if the shortage of cancer doctors in the UK is not resolved. A census of 62...
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111 call targets are not being met by The South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS), and it is thought that a lack of recruitment as a result of low pay is...
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West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been rated “requires improvement” for a second time in a row. Although rated “inadequate” in 2015, this Hertfordshire hospital trust is showing little sign...
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Oxfordshire’s clinical commissioning group (CGC) may start to limit the number of men who are able to have NHS vasectomies, or stop offering them at all in order to reduce...
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For those who have a family history of breast cancer, NHS screening usually begins once a woman reaches 40. However, a recent study has found that breast cancer is more...
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A nurse and mother of two who worked for the NHS for 13 years, was repeatedly told she didn’t have cancer was diagnosed as terminally-ill after doctors incorrectly read her...
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The Neighbourhood Midwives scheme in Waltham Forest, north-east London, have announced their closure on 7 February 2019 with just one week’s notice. As a result of this, expectant mothers who...
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The Royal College of GPs estimates that the UK is 6,000 GPs short of what it needs. This has been acknowledged as changes have been announced as part of a...
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Sharon Allison, Partner in Ashtons Medical Negligence team, has obtained £450k for the family of a man who sadly died after a delay in cancer treatment. Mr F visited his...
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The A&E unit of Weston General Hospital was suddenly closed for at least 18 months due to a lack of staff making the unit unsafe. NHS managers in the local...
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Dental care offered by the NHS has been described as a “postcode lottery” by The British Dental Association. It comes after Mr Woodhouse, from Cornwall, was unable to find an...
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Data from the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England suggests that adults diagnosed with stage one skin, prostate or breast cancer have the same chance of being alive...
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