All articles by The Press Association – Page 13
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NewsWoman's fight over partner's sperm
A woman has launched a legal battle for the right to “harvest” her seriously-ill partner’s sperm so that she can have his children.
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NewsNHS contracts 'going to private firms'
Almost 70 per cent of NHS contracts awarded since the government’s controversial reforms became law have been won by private firms, a campaign group has claimed.
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NewsTreat patients in ambulances - MP
More patients should be treated in the back of ambulances rather than taken to hospital, MPs have heard.
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NewsPharmacies aim to absorb GP strain
A new campaign to increase awareness of the pharmacy service aims to take pressure off GPs and A&E departments.
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NewsCancer diagnoses figures disclosed
Almost a third of a million people in the UK are diagnosed with cancer every year, figures show.
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NewsA&E locum costs soar 60pc in three years
The cost of paying temporary doctors to work at accident and emergency units in England increased by 60 per cent in three years as hospitals struggle to find permanent staff.
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NewsClinicians 'must say sorry for errors', says Hunt
Doctors and nurses should be honest when things go wrong and “say sorry” to patients, according to the health secretary.
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NewsCQC promotes private health firm
NHS hospital inspectors are being signposted towards private healthcare by their employers, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS data move opt-out 'damaging'
It would be “enormously damaging” if patients decided to opt out of the new NHS data mining scheme, leading medical charities have warned.
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Alder Hey safety concerns raised
An internal review at a leading children’s hospital has found significant safety concerns in its theatre departments.
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Checks 'won't tackle unfit doctors'
Checks aimed at identifying poorly-performing doctors will do nothing to help find or stop them, according to a poll of more than 5,600 doctors.
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Tube wrongly put in patient's lung
A elderly woman died from a combination of natural disease, stroke and the “misplacement” of a feeding tube into her lung due a hospital blunder, a coroner has said.
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NewsMP: Let communities run hospitals
“Communities” must be given the chance to own and run smaller hospitals and help push forward the changes the NHS needs to succeed, a Conservative MP has said.
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NewsFive hundred staff face redundancy from NHS Direct
Hundreds of members of staff at a failed provider to the troubled NHS 111 helpline have been told they face losing their jobs.
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NewsGovernment offers £10m boost for maternity units
Hospitals are to be given millions of pounds to help spruce up their maternity wards, the Department of Health has announced.
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Hospital worker 'ashamed' of tweets
A hospital worker has spoken of how he feels “embarrassed and ashamed” over a series of tweets he posted, including a comment that he was going to use pubic hair shaved from a patient to create the sideburns sported by Olympic cycling champion Sir Bradley Wiggins.
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NewsRepeat patients add to A&E pressure
A small group of NHS patients are adding to pressures on accident and emergency departments by going to casualty dozens of times a year, according to an investigation by the BBC.
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NewsMental health nurses to be based in police centres
Mental health nurses are to be based at some of England’s police stations and courts as part of a new pilot scheme.
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NewsRichards: compassion 'alive and well' in NHS
Compassion in the NHS is “alive and well”, according to England’s chief inspector of hospitals.
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NewsCharge for A&E visits backed by third of GPs
A third of GPs believe patients should be charged for some accident and emergency department visits, while most think government changes will do nothing to alleviate current pressures, according to a poll for the Press Association.