Lib Dems panel of medical experts to consider ‘dedicated NHS and care tax’
The public could be made to pay a dedicated NHS tax in a bid to manage the growing cost of health care, the Lib Dems have suggested. Former health minister
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Charity concerned over lack of support services for parents of sick or premature babies
Thousands of parents of sick or premature babies are being prevented from having close involvement in their child’s hospital care because of a lack of support services, a new report
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New ovarian cancer test tells how long patients are likely to live
A new computer test is helping doctors work out how long women with advanced ovarian cancer may survive. The test, developed by experts at the Institute of Cancer Research in
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Report: Mental Health and Learning Disability Bed Census (Scotland)
Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published the results from the Inpatient Census, 2016. This Statistics Release presents the latest national figures for patients occupying a Mental Health, Learning Disability or
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Carers to get more support following successful pilot at Princess of Wales Hospital
Carers are getting an extra helping hand at Princess of Wales Hospital after full-time carer support worker, Victoria Rodwell, is now based there following the success of a pilot project.
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Prostate cancer survival rates very high regardless of treatment, study finds
Regular monitoring of prostate cancer as a treatment option offers the same chances of survival 10 years after diagnosis as surgery or radiotherapy, a major study into the disease has
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Jeremy Hunt reveals how £816m NHS research investment pot will be divided up
Jeremy Hunt has published details of how a record £816 million investment in NHS research – announced in the spending review – will be spent. Research projects covering mental health,
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Major survey finds rationing of treatments already widespread across the NHS
Rationing is rife across the NHS, with patients suffering cutbacks to treatment and expensive drugs, a major survey of doctors has found. The research, for the Press Association and ITV,
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Government accused over ‘secret plans’ for more NHS privatisation
“Secret” plans to close underfunded A&E departments and hospitals could be used as a stalking horse for privatisation, Labour has claimed. Shadow health secretary Diane Abbott said the Government’s plans
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Without more funding NHS ‘faces unpalatable decisions’ about jobs and levels of care
Hospitals will have to make “unpalatable” decisions about care levels and jobs unless the NHS gets an increase in funding, the head of one of the service’s largest trade bodies
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