Warning over NHS care standards with sharp rise in patients waiting more than year
There has been a sharp rise in the number of patients who have waited more than a year for NHS care in England, according to a new report which paints
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More than a million GP patients displaced by surgery closures or mergers
More than a million GP patients have been forced to search for a new family doctor after their surgery closed or merged during the last five years, a new report
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Watchdog calls for action to improve patient safety in emergency care
Action is needed to “keep patients safe” in A&Es, the health watchdog has warned. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said that safety is a “key area of concern” in urgent
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NHS deterioration forcing patients to seek private care, says Labour
NHS patients are “reluctant refugees” forced to seek private care due to the deterioration of the service, Labour has claimed. Shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth accused the Conservatives of pushing
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GPs forced to reject routine appointments as pressure mounts on practices
GPs have been forced to reject patients for routine appointments as pressure on practices means they can only accept urgent consultations. According to a new survey of 769 GPs, nearly
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New report suggests tax needs to rise to £2,000 per household to pay for NHS
Tax may need to rise to historically high levels in order to give the NHS the money it needs to cope with an ageing population, a new report suggests. A
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Elderly patients suffering ‘medication-related harm’ when sent home from hospital
More than one in three older patients suffer “medication-related harm” after being discharged from hospital, a new study suggests. Researchers found at least 10% of these cases are preventable. A
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Hundreds of patients lose High Court case over allegedly ‘defective’ hip implants
In what is believed to be one of the largest “product liability” group actions in the UK, a group of 312 claimants brought High Court proceedings against manufacturer DePuy over
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Six times as many London students starting health degress than North East
More than six times as many students from London took up places to study medicine and dentistry last year, compared to those from north-east England, Press Association analysis shows. The
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Grandmother’s painful death from bladder cancer ‘avoidable’, health ombudsman
A grandmother’s “painful death” from cancer could have been avoided, the health ombudsman has said. Pamela North, from Dagenham in Essex, died after a hospital’s nine-month delay to diagnose her
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