England’s top doctor has called on the NHS to use more technology and innovation to reduce the thousands of unnecessary outpatient appointments carried out every day. NHS England medical director
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Charities have called on medical staff to do more to identify carers of terminally ill people to ensure they are getting the support they need. Marie Curie and Macmillan Cancer
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Thousands of patients are being denied prescriptions for cannabis despite the law change because of “botched and cruel” medical guidance, MPs have warned. Conservative former minister Sir Mike Penning was
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NHS Scotland is planning to consolidate its IT systems into one in a move it hopes will cut waiting times and improve patient care. The health service has signed a
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Doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis products to patients in the UK from today. Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced last month that new regulations would come into force on
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It is becoming “more and more” difficult” for patients to access health and care services, inspectors have warned. Patients are generally getting good care when they can access it, but
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A neurology review sparked by concerns about a consultant’s work has cost around £1 million so far, Northern Ireland’s department of health said. A total of 3,544 former patients of
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Anyone with a credit card can buy a “lethal combination” of drugs online, health inspectors have said as they called for the public to be better informed about the dangers
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A new antibiotic which acts as a “Trojan horse” has proved effective against drug-resistant bacteria, researchers have said. Scientists say trials on 448 people with kidney or urinary tract infections
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MPs have written to Northern Ireland’s health chief to express concerns that cancer services in the region are falling behind the rest of the UK. Members of the Northern Ireland
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