All articles by The Press Association – Page 19
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Rise in 'avoidable' NHS admissions
The number of emergency hospital admissions for conditions that could be avoided has risen 48 per cent in 12 years, according to a new report.
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MP seeks checks on NHS 'fraudsters'
Convicted fraudsters could infiltrate the NHS unless more is done to ensure that private healthcare providers are subject to the same scrutiny requirements as their public sector rivals, a Labour MP has said.
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Trust fined for radiation breach
An NHS trust has been fined £30,000 after a hospital radiologist was exposed to illegal levels of ionising radiation while using a CT scanner.
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No NHS pay rise freeze, Neil says
The Scottish government has said it will not freeze pay rises for NHS staff following moves to halt increases south of the border.
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Legal threat over Burnham 'cover-up' claims
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been threatened with potential legal action by Labour in a dramatic escalation of a row over claims of a “cover-up” of NHS care shortcomings.
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Scotland to review NHS IT after Glasgow system failure
A review has been ordered of Scottish NHS IT systems after a failure forced a major health board to cancel hundreds of appointments.
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GPs 'facing financial black hole'
GP services are facing a £400m financial “black hole” that could have catastrophic consequences, the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned.
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RCGP elects new honorary secretary
The professional body that represents over 46,000 family doctors has appointed its new honorary secretary of council.
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Hunt: GPs must improve elderly care
Jeremy Hunt has called on GPs to “rediscover family doctoring”, and again said he wants to make changes to their contracts to encourage them to “take better care of older patients and ensure that fewer of them end up in hospital”.
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Keogh recommendation on cosmetic surgery is ignored
Cosmetic surgery clinics are still offering perks such as chauffeurs and package deals despite NHS England recommending they should be banned.
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Revalidation warning for doctors
More than 8,000 doctors have been warned their licence to work is at risk unless they submit details to a key appraisal programme.
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Lack of support for health information producers
Many health information producers are not equipped to create understandable and usable products for the public, research suggests.
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Hospital unit closure challenged
A council is to mount a legal challenge over the closure of maternity and A&E units that David Cameron once vowed to save.
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Patients 'self-funding treatment'
Hospital patients are being allowed to pay for treatments that are no longer available for free, the shadow health secretary has claimed.
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'More time' on admin than patients
Doctors spend more than twice as much time on paperwork as they do on home visits, a survey suggests.
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Baby's parents condemn 'cover-up'
A “cover-up” into failings surrounding the death of a baby girl who was treated at a scandal-hit health trust was “unforgiveable”, say the child’s parents.
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Wales braced for hospital care review decision
A panel of experts is set to reveal its findings on divisive proposals to overhaul hospital services in west Wales.
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Junior doctor numbers tripled at struggling A&E
Extra government funding will be used to trebled the number of junior doctors at the accident and emergency department of a trust affected by the closure of services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, it has been announced.
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Monitor warning on foundations' A&E performance
The number of NHS foundation trusts failing to meet the target for seeing patients within four hours of arriving at accident and emergency departments has doubled in the last year.
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Health experts to 'mine' GP notes
British researchers have begun work analysing doctors’ notes in a “big data” project which it is hoped could revolutionise healthcare and treatments.