All articles by The Press Association – Page 28
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Junior doctors 'unaware' on reforms
Junior doctors have poor knowledge about health politics and NHS reforms, research suggests.
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Medical device assessment 'inconsistent' claim
The European Union process of assessing whether medical devices are fit for public use are “inconsistent and opaque”, researchers have claimed.
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Asthma care variation warning
There is an “alarming variation” across the country in the numbers of asthma patients who are admitted to hospitals after suffering from an asthma attack, a charity has said.
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Guildford private hospital apologises for surgery 'failings'
PERFORMANCE: A private hospital has suspended children’s surgery after the health watchdog raised “serious concerns” about the service.
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Young medics' working lives 'bleak'
Almost three in 10 junior doctors are stretched so thin that they do not have time to deliver quality patient care, a poll suggests.
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Medics slam radiotherapy 'red tape'
A group of doctors has claimed in a letter that changes to NHS commissioning is delaying radiotherapy treatment and putting patients’ lives at risk.
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Ombudsman: NHS 'failing to listen and learn'
There are “systematic problems” with NHS hospitals failing to listen and learn from patient complaints, the Health Service has Ombudsman said.
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Protection plan for plastic surgery
Plastic surgeons are to introduce a financial protection scheme for their patients, it has been announced.
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Children's heart surgery review 'cost £8m'
A review of specialist heart surgery units for children has cost more than £8m, an MP has claimed.
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Hunt criticised over 'blaming' GPs for A&E problems
Doctors’ leaders have criticised the health secretary after he highlighted poor access to general practice and out of hours as a factor in high emergency care demand.
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John Oldham to lead Labour 'commission' on integration
Labour will set up an independent commission to examine how health and social care can be integrated to meet what Ed Miliband claims is the biggest challenge in the history of the NHS.
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Drug firms accused of pay-for-delay deal
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has been accused by the competition watchdog of paying firms to delay the launch of cheaper versions of its antidepressant treatment, in a move which denied the NHS “significant” cost savings.
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Cancer survival rates vary by geography
Cancer patients face “wide and persistent” variations in survival rates depending on where they live, officials said.
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Involve junior doctors in IT development, conference told
Health service IT managers should draw on the experiences of junior doctors when designing new processes, one such doctor has said.
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Confed: NHS should avoid administration for trusts
More needs to be done to help financially-troubled hospital trusts before they face going into administration, according to NHS representatives and unions.
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Child heart op death rates released
Mortality rates for all children’s heart surgery centres in England have been released following the temporary suspension of operations in Leeds.
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Public wedded to NHS funding model
The public remain firmly committed to a free at the point of delivery NHS, but could potentially back charging patients in certain circumstances, according to a survey for the King’s Fund.
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GPs express online records concern
Giving patients online access to their health records will lead to doctors having to explain themselves more often, according to a survey by the Medical Protection Society.
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Leeds surgery halt meant 10 children transferred
Ten sick children had to be transferred up to 120 miles from a Leeds paediatric heart unit while surgery was suspended, it has emerged.
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Homoeopathy 'mad' says former government scientist
A former government scientific advisor has criticised the use of homoeopathic treatments in the NHS, claiming the practice has “no scientific basis”.