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Soaring rise in hospital patient admissions for illegal drug use

By Hayden Smith1st March 2017News England

Soaring numbers of people are ending up in hospital for illicit drug poisoning, new figures indicate. There were rises in admissions across all age groups, including for patients aged 75

Researchers find heavy reliance on hospices amid postcode lottery in end-of-life care

By Jane Kirby1st March 2017News England

Dying people are being left with inadequate round-the-clock pain relief and poor access to specialist help, according to new research. They are caught in a postcode lottery which affects whether

‘We’ve paid our taxes’ used to justify attacks on NHS staff, MPs told

By Lizzy Buchan and Jack Maidment28th February 2017News England

Some patients feel entitled to attack and verbally abuse NHS staff because they have paid their taxes, MPs have heard. Conservative Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere) called for tougher powers to punish

More transparency urged over tens of millions spent in NHS for agency staff

By Ella Pickover28th February 2017News England

The NHS in England is spending tens of millions of pounds employing a few hundred agency staff, new figures show. Over 500 agency staff are raking in at least £150,000

Hunt says ‘no evidence’ patients at risk after NHS misplaces confidential documents

By Lizzy Buchan and Jack Maidment28th February 2017News England

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that there is “no evidence” that patients have been put at risk after the NHS mislaid more than 700,000 pieces of confidential medical correspondence.

Patients dying as hospitals are ‘jam-full’, says new doctors’ report

By Ella Pickover28th February 2017News England

NHS doctors’ experiences of “grave pressure” they face while working in the health service have been laid bare in a new report. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said its

Allegations of cover up as NHS reported to have ‘mislaid’ half a million patient records

By Sam Blewett27th February 2017News England

The NHS has mislaid more than half a million pieces of patients’ confidential medical correspondence, including treatment plans and cancer test results. The documents, sent between GPs and hospitals over

Over half of parents with children in mental health hospitals saw no improvement

By Georgina Stubbs27th February 2017News England

More than half of parents with children in mental health hospitals do not feel their condition has improved while being treated, a survey has revealed. The findings are based on

Two-thirds of nurses struggle to find time to care properly for the dying

By Ella Pickover22nd February 2017News England

Many nurses feel they are too busy to give dying patients high-quality care, a new poll suggests. Two-thirds of nurses from across the UK felt they were not given sufficient

Difficult for hospitals to balance books ‘while social care under pressure’

By Ella Pickover20th February 2017News England

NHS hospitals will not be able to balance their books until problems in social care are addressed, health experts have warned. The Health Foundation said the gap in social care

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Soaring rise in hospital patient admissions for illegal drug use

Researchers find heavy reliance on hospices amid postcode lottery in end-of-life care

‘We’ve paid our taxes’ used to justify attacks on NHS staff, MPs told

More transparency urged over tens of millions spent in NHS for agency staff

Hunt says ‘no evidence’ patients at risk after NHS misplaces confidential documents

Allegations of cover up as NHS reported to have ‘mislaid’ half a million patient records

Over half of parents with children in mental health hospitals saw no improvement

Two-thirds of nurses struggle to find time to care properly for the dying

Mother’s anger after coroner finds Army failures contributed to Jaysley’s death

Thirty councils in severe financial distress granted support to protect services

More than half of councils face insolvency over special needs spending – survey

Man with Down’s syndrome died after care worker ‘landed on him’ in swimming pool

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Tag: Hospitals

Soaring rise in hospital patient admissions for illegal drug use

Researchers find heavy reliance on hospices amid postcode lottery in end-of-life care

‘We’ve paid our taxes’ used to justify attacks on NHS staff, MPs told

More transparency urged over tens of millions spent in NHS for agency staff

Hunt says ‘no evidence’ patients at risk after NHS misplaces confidential documents

Patients dying as hospitals are ‘jam-full’, says new doctors’ report

Allegations of cover up as NHS reported to have ‘mislaid’ half a million patient records

Over half of parents with children in mental health hospitals saw no improvement

Two-thirds of nurses struggle to find time to care properly for the dying

Difficult for hospitals to balance books ‘while social care under pressure’