Prescriptions for some “over the counter” remedies such as paracetamol and cold treatments have been cut after NHS officials voted in favour of money-saving plans. Cough mixture, eye drops, laxatives
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Some young people are facing “unacceptable barriers” in getting mental health support, a charity has warned. A survey of 2,700 young people who had struggled with mental health issues found
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More than 40% of online healthcare services, such as those that provide GP consultations and prescriptions through independent websites and apps, are not providing “safe” care, the health watchdog has
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Many health service staff display a “woeful ignorance” about the damage caused to patients by overdependence on prescription drugs, ministers have been told. Labour health spokesman Lord Hunt of Kings
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All patients in England will soon be able to be referred to hospitals with the shortest waiting lists under plans unveiled alongside a new contract for GPs. The e-Referral Service
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The number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers in England has nearly doubled in 10 years, it has been reported. The surge in people taking opioids such as morphine has prompted
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By early 2019, clinicians across the North of Scotland will have access to an integrated digital view of a patient’s health and social care data through a new web-based portal
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A health board has apologised after the latest figures showed just 6% of patients suffering from chronic pain saw a specialist for help within the 18-week waiting time. Liz Moore,
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A quarter of the population take up half of all GP appointments and hospitalisations, a new study has found. New research found that more than a quarter of adults in
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A health board has been slammed for “verging on scandalous” figures showing just 6% of patients suffering from chronic pain saw a specialist for help within the 18-week waiting time.
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