Medical professionals should admit mistakes and apologise to patients and provide face to face explanation to patients, according to a set of new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) and the…
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NICE updates guidance to help diagnose cancer earlier
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued updated guidance which it claims will enable GPs to use the symptom–based approach to help them diagnose cancer earlier potentially saving thousands…
Down’s syndrome: New non-invasive prenatal testing could be introduced into NHS
Researchers have revealed that a new non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for Down’s syndrome has not only proved feasible, but also acceptable to parents and could be introduced into the National Health Service…
Private healthcare providers no better than GPs
Alternative health care providers including private companies and voluntary organisation are no better than GP practices and in some cases are even worse, reveals a new study by researchers at Imperial College…
Researchers group obese people in 6 categories; recommend targeted treatment
Researchers say that obesity, which costs NHS £6 billion annually, isn’t of a single type but instead can be categorised into six different types and that tailored strategies to tackle the menace…
NHS could face GP exodus as one in three considering retirement by 2020
The National Health Services, UK could be facing a GP exodus as a new survey of over 15,000 doctors has found that one in three doctors is considering a retirement in the…
Humber NHS Foundation Trust inks £1 million deal with BT to go mobile
Humber NHS Foundation Trust has inked a deal worth £1 million with BT that will see the trust roll out a new mobile service providing healthcare professionals access to real-time information about…
Meningitis vaccine to be part of national childhood immunisation scheme in UK
Britain has become the first country in the world to introduce Meningitis vaccine (Bexsero MenB) as a part of the national childhood immunisation scheme after a deal was inked between the government…
NHS shelled out £3,258 for one doctor’s A&E shift during Christmas
Staff shortages aren’t a new thing for NHS, but the situation turns grim at the time of major holidays including Christmas and New Year and a new investigation into the payments made…
Pharmacists to work in GP surgeries as per new proposed plan
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) have come up with a plan under which they propose recruiting pharmacists to work in GP surgeries in a…
NHS nurses from overseas quitting as ‘North West is nothing like London’
The East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust recruited 40 nurses from abroad during 2014, but out of these a quarter have quit their jobs as they have difficulty in understanding local accent and…
NHS floats type 2 diabetes prevention programme
The National Health Services (NHS) has launched a new type 2 diabetes prevention programme across the UK under which free cooking and exercise classes will be offered to people with type 2…
Department of Health announces slimming initiative for overweight NHS staffers
At the National Diabetes UK Conference in London the Department of Health announced a new programme under which overweight NHS staffers will be provided free Slimming World classes. The scheme is a…
Want to know if you are going to have a heart attack? NHS has a tool for you
NHS has released an online tool that predicts your chances of having a heart attack by assessing a range of parameters including age, height, weight, smoking history, and family and personal medical…
At least 160,000 cancer patients left housebound due to lack of social care
A new report by a leading charity has said that at least 160,000 cancer patients are either constantly or often left housebound due to a lack of social care, while over 100,000…