Discharging older patients from hospital, the National Audit Office (NAO) report published today, focuses primarily on those patients deemed ‘medically fit for discharge’ but who are stranded in hospital. The
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A grandfather died from operable pancreatic cancer after an NHS trust ignored doctors from another hospital and said he had something else. Peter Filipovic faced serious delays to treatment and
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Hospitals will face more frequent but less detailed on-site inspections under new plans from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The regulator for England will also move to allowing up to
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NHS trusts have recorded the biggest ever deficit in the history of the health service, prompting fears about the future of patient care. Data shows NHS trusts ended the last
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The number of mental health patients in England having to travel outside their area to get a hospital bed has gone up by 13% in the last year. Nearly 5,500
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Doctors’ leaders and the Government have agreed a new deal for junior doctors, with a new pay structure for working weekends and evenings. The deal between the British Medical Association
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Doctors should be forced to perform diagnostic tests on patients before prescribing antibiotics which are currently being dished out “like sweets”, according to a major review of antibiotic resistance. Experts
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A payment system which gives GP surgeries money for how well they perform has not saved additional lives, a new study has found. Research into the payment system used across
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Overseas visitors and migrants face a tough clampdown on accessing NHS care, with more powers for hospitals to recover costs. The new NHS (Overseas Visitors Charging) Bill, which is to
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Giving existing staff new roles and extra responsibilities should not be seen as a “quick fix” solution to plug the NHS’s workforce gap, a patients’ group has warned. The Patients
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