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GPs should be able to refer patients to social activities to combat loneliness

By Ella Pickover22nd May 2018News England

Family doctors should be able to access a Wikipedia-style information page so they can refer patients to social activities to help combat loneliness, a leading doctor has said. Meanwhile, there

NHS community services ‘marginalised, underfunded and short staffed’, claims new report

By Jennifer Cockerell21st May 2018News England

Promises to bring more patient care closer to home by prioritising NHS community services have fallen flat, a report has claimed. National strategies under successive governments have concluded that the

Diabetes patients advised to return test strips over accuracy of readings

By Jennifer Cockerell18th May 2018News England

Diabetes patients have been advised to stop using and return specific lots of Accu-Chek Aviva and Accu-Chek Performa test strips due to concerns they may give falsely high or low

Seeing your own GP becoming increasingly difficult despite better health outcomes

By Ella Pickover9th May 2018News England

People are finding it harder to see their family doctor, a new study has found. Despite “relationship continuity” with a GP leading to better health outcomes, patients are finding it

Details of initiatives planned under NI £100m Health and Social Care fund published

By Iain MacDonald9th May 2018News Northern Ireland

The Department of Health has released details of a series of important initiatives being funded under the £100m Health and Social Care transformation fund in Northern Ireland. The planned package

Almost 14,000 calls received by hotline dealing with breast cancer screening scandal

By Richard Wheeler8th May 2018News England

Almost 14,000 calls have been received by a hotline established after the breast cancer screening scandal was revealed, amid Labour calls to run the phone line in-house. Health Secretary Jeremy

Women and families demanding answers over ‘colossal systemic’ breast screening failure

By Georgina Stubbs and Sally Wardle3rd May 2018News England

Women and their families caught up in the breast screening failure have demanded answers as to how hundreds of patients may have had their lives cut short. Health Secretary Jeremy

Effort to identify women in Scotland affected by breast cancer screening failure

By Dan O'Donoghue2nd May 2018News Scotland

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told MPs that officials are working to identify women living in Scotland that may be affected by a major breast cancer screening error. A “computer

Hundreds of woman in England may have died due to breast cancer screening failure

By Sally Wardle2nd May 2018News England

A breast cancer screening error affecting 450,000 women may have led to hundreds of lives being cut short, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed. Mr Hunt told the Commons that

‘Beyond belief’ that breast screening failure lasted for nearly a decade

By The Press Association2nd May 2018News England

Charities and leading doctors have reacted with dismay to the “concerning” news that a technical blunder meant nearly half a million women were not invited to their final breast cancer

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GPs should be able to refer patients to social activities to combat loneliness

NHS community services ‘marginalised, underfunded and short staffed’, claims new report

Diabetes patients advised to return test strips over accuracy of readings

Seeing your own GP becoming increasingly difficult despite better health outcomes

Almost 14,000 calls received by hotline dealing with breast cancer screening scandal

Women and families demanding answers over ‘colossal systemic’ breast screening failure

Effort to identify women in Scotland affected by breast cancer screening failure

Hundreds of woman in England may have died due to breast cancer screening failure

‘Beyond belief’ that breast screening failure lasted for nearly a decade

Net migration drops 20% to 728,000 after hitting record 906,000 in 2023

Urgent need for training to spot and act on sex abuse within families, review finds

Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after parents’ ‘breathtaking’ cruelty

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Tag: GPs

GPs should be able to refer patients to social activities to combat loneliness

NHS community services ‘marginalised, underfunded and short staffed’, claims new report

Diabetes patients advised to return test strips over accuracy of readings

Seeing your own GP becoming increasingly difficult despite better health outcomes

Details of initiatives planned under NI £100m Health and Social Care fund published

Almost 14,000 calls received by hotline dealing with breast cancer screening scandal

Women and families demanding answers over ‘colossal systemic’ breast screening failure

Effort to identify women in Scotland affected by breast cancer screening failure

Hundreds of woman in England may have died due to breast cancer screening failure

‘Beyond belief’ that breast screening failure lasted for nearly a decade