RNIB call for increase in sight loss advisors
Specialist eye hospitals must do more to help newly diagnosed blind people, a charity has warned after research found that half do not offer any support to people losing their
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Unison to debate pay action at annual conference
The threat of industrial action by health workers in a bitter dispute with the Government over pay is set to come a step closer today. Unison’s annual health conference will
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Kings Fund warns of financial crisis in NHS
More money must be ploughed into the NHS or there could be “significant cuts to services”, a health charity has warned. The King’s Fund said the next government will need
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Call for public sector revolution to prevent future tradegies
Tragedies like the Mid Staffs scandal could be repeated unless there is a revolution in the way the public sector is run, a Commons committee has warned. MPs found managers
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Poverty impacting on care received by storke victims
Poorer people who suffer from strokes are more likely to receive a sub-standard level of care, a new study suggests. Patients from more deprived areas are less likely to be
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Survey reveals nurses have ‘no time to care’
Half of nurses are working through breaks or beyond their shift, revealing a health service under “severe strain”, a new report has warned. A survey of almost 3,000 nurses by
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Ambulance staff ‘at breaking point’ with stress
The ambulance service is on the verge of “breaking down” because staff are suffering high levels of stress amid long working hours and tight targets, according to a new report.
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English patient care quality closing gap with rest of UK
The performance gap between the NHS in England and the rest of the UK has narrowed in recent years, despite considerable differences in policy in each country, a wide-ranging report
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Isle of Man introduce compulsory registration scheme
All social workers on the Isle of Man must be registered to “improve care standards”, said the Manx government. The health department said compulsory registration will give the public more
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Debt charity – 15 million are ‘living on the edge’
Around 15 million people are “living on the edge” despite the improving economy, a report by a debt charity has warned. Stepchange said that these people are either falling behind
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