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08/03/2016 - 12:06
According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), an estimated 2.5 million people in Britain consume more than the weekly recommended limit for alcohol in a single day.
08/03/2016 - 12:05
The government has announced it will set out pay awards for over one million public sector workers, including staff in the NHS.
08/03/2016 - 12:02
According to Pulse, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s rescue package to ease pressures on general practice has been delayed following disagreements regarding the size of promised funding.
08/03/2016 - 12:01
Nick Bennet, the public services ombudsman of Wales, has said a snapshot of 12 cases investigated over five years revealed ‘inadequate standards of care’ in hospitals, including weekend services.
08/03/2016 - 12:00
The Mental Health Network (MHN) has claimed that ‘no significant investment’ has been made in psychiatric services for children despite government plans to reform financial provision.
07/03/2016 - 09:39
Public Health England (PHE) has launched a campaign to help middle-aged adults avoid future disease and illness and live healthily in later life.
07/03/2016 - 09:25
The Department of Health has unveiled its dementia implementation plan to provide a greater level of transparency for patients.
07/03/2016 - 09:16
90 NHS trusts will benefit from a share of £2 million to buy new equipment in an attempt to detect problems at an earlier stage.
04/03/2016 - 11:19
Thousands of final year medical students have been left in the dark regrading where they will begin work, after the UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) decided to withhold the information.
04/03/2016 - 11:18
According to major survey conducted by the British Medical Association (BMA), more than 800 GP practices in England are at risk of closure because they are ‘financially unsustainable’.
02/03/2016 - 11:32
Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed David Mayhew as the new Dementia Envoy.
02/03/2016 - 11:31
According to Pulse, patients who have not visited their GP in over five years will be remove from practice lists, under new plans being developed by NHS England.
02/03/2016 - 11:28
Health Education England (HEE) has launched a review of undergraduate’s attitudes towards general practice in medical schools, after GP leaders voiced concerns about the ‘toxic’ anti-GP culture existing in some institutions.
02/03/2016 - 11:26
A number of health professionals and academics have called on the government to ban the practice of tackling in rugby matches played in UK and Irish schools.
01/03/2016 - 10:49
Think tank ResPublica has claimed that the NHS should pay care homes to care for patients who remain in hospitals due to delayed discharges.
01/03/2016 - 10:30
Simon Stevens, head of NHS England is setting out plans to build ten new housing developments with healthy living in mind.
29/02/2016 - 12:11
According to a Dutch study published in the British Journal of General Practice, at least half of children diagnosed with asthma are ‘unlikely’ to have the respiratory condition.
29/02/2016 - 12:10
According to the Scottish charity Sue Ryder, there are hundreds of young people with neurological conditions being cared for in old people’s homes, due to a lack of specialist facilities.
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