All articles by The Press Association – Page 26
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Opt-out doctors 'will be named'
Doctors who decide not to disclose details of their performance will be “named and shamed” by the government, it has emerged.
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Out-of-hours confusion highlighted
More than two in five people have no idea how to contact their GP out-of-hours service, a poll suggests.
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Doctors 'can opt out' of tables
Doctors will be given the opportunity to opt out of new league tables assessing their performance, it has emerged.
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Hospital to publish ratings of consultants
Patients at a hospital will now be able to see how well their doctor is performing thanks to published ratings of consultants.
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Hunt heart unit statement expected imminently
Campaigners fighting to save a children’s heart unit are hoping health secretary Jeremy Hunt will reverse the decision today.
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Doctors question hospital chief inspector’s independence
A new survey suggests that while hospital doctors have concerns about the introduction of a chief inspector of hospitals they are significantly less opposed to the reform than senior management.
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Acne medication leads to stillbirth at Peterborough
A mother was forced to have a stillbirth after being prescribed acne drugs which are not suitable for pregnant women.
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RCS hails 'watershed' publication of surgeon performance data
Giving patients access to information about how well their surgeons perform is a “watershed” moment for surgery, leading doctors have said.
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Unsafe hospitals 'risking lives', says CQC figure
A non-executive director of the Care Quality Commission believes many NHS hospitals are still not safe, meaning patients’ lives are being put at risk.
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NHS 111 line 'steadily improving'
The new non emergency NHS advice line is “steadily improving” health officials have said.
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Website offers guide to NHS reforms
Doctors’ leaders have launched a new initiative to help patients understand NHS reforms.
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NHS creating 'older people's plan'
NHS bosses are creating a “vulnerable older people’s plan” to help alleviate the stress on accident and emergency wards, the health secretary has announced.
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Monitor investigates walk-in centre closures
Health sector regulator Monitor has announced it will review the closures of NHS walk-in centres.
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GP workload 'doubled in a decade', Gerada tells MPs
Family doctors are fully booked for same-day appointments as soon as they open because of rising demand, the head of the GPs’ professional body has warned.
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'Close hospitals' to save the NHS, say managers, doctors and patients
The NHS faces financial ruin and is no longer sustainable in its current form, a collective of leading medical, leadership and patient organisations has warned.
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Farrar issues rallying cry
The NHS has got to raise its game and get away from thinking that patching together the service is enough to keep it going, Mike Farrar has said.
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King's Fund reports on A&E performance
Waiting times for accident and emergency patients reached a nine-year high in the fourth quarter of 2012-13, the King’s Fund said today.
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Cuts 'threaten medical research'
The future of medical research is under threat because of cuts to government funding, more than 170 scientists and medical research groups have warned.
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GPs 'unable to deliver safe care'
Family doctors are “unable” to deliver safe care due to time and resource limits, the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned.
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Health inequality efforts 'failed'
Efforts to tackle health inequalities among England’s richest and poorest children during the last decade have failed, research claims.