All articles by The Press Association – Page 8
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Laptops on ward rounds 'could save doctors an hour a day'
Using laptops or tablets instead of paper during hospital ward rounds could save each doctor almost an hour a day, research suggests.
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Lamb warns against referrals for ‘gay conversion’ therapy
Health minister Norman Lamb has written to NHS England calling for reassurances that GPs are not referring gay and lesbian people to controversial practitioners who say they can “cure” people of homosexuality.
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Ombudsman: Older patients could be 'suffering in silence'
Older people could be suffering in silence because they are less likely to complain when standards slip, even though they use the NHS the most, Health Service Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor has said.
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Working time rules 'hit treatment'
Rules aimed at ensuring doctors do not work long hours are leading to cancelled operations and clinics for patients, a government-ordered review has found.
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BMI spared from hospitals sell-off
Britain’s biggest private healthcare provider has been spared from having to sell off seven hospitals after the new competition watchdog heavily watered down plans to shake up the sector.
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Updated: Professional regulation bill labelled 'backward step for public protection'
A draft bill aimed at updating the legal framework for regulators of health professionals has been criticised as a “backward step for public protection”.
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Labour dubs NHS 111 'fundamentally flawed'
Labour has accused the government of ‘vandalism’ by destroying NHS Direct, which formally closed on March 31.
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Cameras for ambulance staff urged
Ambulance crews should carry body-worn CCTV cameras to prevent thousands of ‘disgraceful’ assaults on frontline staff each year, according to a new report.
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MPs fear for free NHS, survey shows
Politicians have expressed concern that a free NHS may be unsustainable if challenges facing the health service are not addressed.
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Labour lord calls for NHS patient 'membership charge'
A former Labour health minister has called for British citizens to pay a £10 per month “NHS membership charge”, as part of a suite of proposed reforms intended to prevent the health service “starving the rest of the public sector of resources”.
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Care home assaults are 'sad fact'
A judge who specialises in analysing issues relating to vulnerable people says assaults and serious incidents will occur at care homes and psychiatric units which house mentally-ill residents.
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Concerns over palliative death recording
The way hospitals record deaths could be covering up poor treatment and costing lives, according to a new report.
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Female GPs outnumber male counterparts
Female GPs have outnumbered male GPs for first time, according to official figures.
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MPs: Monitor ‘must not be an obstacle to change’
Acute services in the NHS in England are facing a year of particular financial pressure in 2015-16, when changes to funding arrangements will see £2bn transferred to community health and social care provision, a parliamentary report has warned.
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Call for cash to tackle NHS fraud
More money should be set aside for tackling fraud in the NHS, a leading figure has said, as new figures showed that scams are costing the health service an estimated £5bn a year.
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GPs warn of 'workload disaster'
More than half of GPs are considering early retirement because of extremely heavy workloads, a British Medical Association poll suggests.
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CQC highlights quality problems at Tameside
An under-fire hospital foundation trust has been reprimanded by regulators for failing to meet national safety standards.
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MRC head brands Care.data naysayers ‘consent fetishists’
The head of the Medical Research Council has said data sharing in the NHS would be seen as a “no brainer” by patients if the government explained the scheme properly.
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£10m boost for maternity services
Maternity services are being given £10m worth of funding in a bid to improve care for women and their babies, the Department of Health has announced.
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GP choice pilots appealed to 'minority'
Commuters are most likely to take advantage of a new scheme that will allow patients to register at any doctor’s surgery, a study has suggested.