All articles by The Press Association – Page 32
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Nicholson: 'more' community focused care required
Care for older people needs a fundamental shift towards caring for them in the community rather than hospitals that are “very bad places”, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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Hospitals 'must tackle surgery infection rate'
People recovering from surgery get infections far more often than is being reported, according to a university-led study.
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Plan to tackle breast cancer with prevention
Women with a family history of breast cancer could be offered preventative medication on the NHS under new plans outlined by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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Health committee calls for swift action on value based pricing
Swift action is needed to ensure a smooth changeover to a new system of pricing for the drugs used by the NHS, the Commons health committee has said in a report today.
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Hunt: Unsafe staffing 'totally unacceptable'
It is “totally unacceptable” for hospitals to have unsafe staffing levels, health secretary Jeremy Hunt insisted yesterday.
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Misconceptions rife over HIV
Fewer than four in 10 people are aware that the vast majority of HIV infections in the UK are caused by unsafe sex, a survey has revealed.
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Savile used hospitals to commit decades of abuse
Jimmy Savile was “a prolific, predatory sex offender” who committed abuse across more than a dozen UK medical sites and could have been prosecuted for offences against at least three victims while he was alive, two separate reports said on Friday.
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Archbishop warns over heart unit
The Archbishop of York has warned the NHS must be allowed to put a culture of care over a culture of competition as he visited a children’s heart unit that is threatened with closure.
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Doctors attack health trust plan
Plans to dissolve a debt-ridden health trust which was on the brink of bankruptcy could have a “devastating” effect on a financially stable trust nearby, doctors have said.
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A&E closure 'can't be justified'
A damning report which demands a debt-ridden NHS trust is broken up must not be used to justify closing essential hospital services, a senior Labour MP has said.
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Stress levels on the rise in Britain
New research has revealed nearly a quarter of all adults in Britain feel stressed on a daily basis and another quarter experience such feelings every few days.
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Joint commissioning reforms 'are disruptive'
The reality of joint commissioning in health and social care often falls short of expectations, according to a report.
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Older people 'betrayed over social care'
Older people have suffered “an abominable betrayal” over social care, a leading public health doctor has said.
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GP concern over child medical data
GPs are increasingly concerned about releasing children’s medical records to separated or divorced parents, experts have revealed.
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NICE to back use of Lucentis for eye condition
Thousands of people with a devastating eye condition could be offered a potentially sight-saving treatment following a U-turn by the health watchdog.
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Norovirus cases increase by 72pc
Around 100,000 people were struck down with the winter vomiting bug over Christmas, latest figures suggested as it emerged the number of confirmed cases was 72 per cent higher than this time last year.
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Joblessness affects young people's mental health, says study
More than one in four young people in work admits to feeling down or depressed “always” or “often”, with this figure rising to nearly half amongst their unemployed peers, according to research released by a youth charity.
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Reforms will have little effect on patients says academic
Patients will see “little difference” when the government’s controversial NHS reforms come into force later this year, a policy expert has predicted.
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GMC: Most struck-off doctors are trained abroad
Three-quarters of doctors struck off the medical register in 2012 were trained abroad.
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Move from branded drugs could save NHS millions
Doctors could save the NHS billions of pounds a year by ditching expensive branded drugs in favour of prescribing cheaper, equally effective alternatives, new research has found.