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Comment: We have to tell the truth about women GPs
My comments on female GPs were treated as controversial, but medical experts recognise that they pose a significant organisational risk to the proper running of the NHS, said Anne McIntosh who has first hand experience with the lag time surrounding the 111 telephone system.
Standards of hospital care fall
Hospital and care facilities standards fell in the UK between 2011 and 2012, according to a new report.
Lansley faces wrath of the nurses
Health secretary Andrew Lansley is to address angry nurses frustrated by cutbacks to community care later this morning.
Surprise report: NHS ‘most efficient healthcare system in the world’
The NHS is one of the most efficient healthcare system in the world, according to a surprising new report.
Out-of-hours monitoring vital, watchdog warns
By Alex Stevenson Monitoring of out-of-hours services must be improved across the NHS, a review of the death of a 70-year-old man has found. The Care Quality Commission published an interim report calling on all NHS trusts to improve the ways they monitor levels of care provided by external providers. It follows the 2004 decision […]
Privatisation is a ‘Trojan Horse’ say unions
By politics.co.uk staff The government’s privatisation of the NHS is a ‘Trojan Horse’ that could cause untold damage to public services, said a major trade union today. Unite called for safeguards to ensure that services remain within the NHS and delivered by NHS staff. Speaking at the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) in Liverpool, Unite assistant […]
Cancer patients paid to go private
By Liz Stephens Gordon Brown is expected to announce a significant expansion of private sector involvement in the healthcare service today. The move, which will be seen as a climbdown by opposition parties, will form part of the Building Britain’s Future document which is due to be published today. The changes will mean if a […]
Govt to launch health screening for all over-40s
The government has announced a new national programme to screen all people aged between 40 and 74 for major illnesses. Health secretary Alan Johnson said tests would look for signs of vascular diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease. These diseases kill 170,000 people and affect more than four million people every […]
NHS dentist boost to areas with greatest need
Trainee dentists will be allocated to areas with the greatest patient demand, the government announced today. Amid concerns that younger dentists are rejected the NHS in favour of lucrative private work, the government has announced measures to target trainee dentists at areas most in need of NHS services. Forty extra vocational training places will be […]
