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Jul 2022
NHS chiefs are warning that some services may have to be cut to fund the proposed pay award in England. The government has announced doctors will receive a pay rise of 4.5 per cent and other staff an average of 4.75 per cent, an increase which has been backed by NHS England. The…
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Jul 2022
Researchers say they have found that radiotherapy for brain cancer is less risky than previously thought. The treatment kills cancer cells by ‘zapping’ tumours with high-energy radiation, but this can also damage healthy tissue and in rare cases, raise the risk of another cancer developing. However, researchers at the University of Birmingham found…
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Jul 2022
Cancer charity Radiotherapy UK says waiting times for cancer treatment are longer in the Midlands than anywhere else in the country, adding that in the region 46.5 per cent of patients are waiting longer than 62 days for treatment following an urgent referral. It said the percentage was 64.5 per cent for the Birmingham…
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Jul 2022
Donna Ockenden, who chaired a review into the deaths of over 200 babies at Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, is meeting families, many of whom had babies who died or were left with serious injuries due to failings at Nottingham’s maternity units. Figures show that between 2005/6 and 2020/21, there were a total…
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Jul 2022
An ‘acute pressure’ on beds has led to hospital chiefs in Cornwall to declare an internal critical incident. The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) said bed blocking, which had increased by more than 20 per cent since April, had been holding up ambulances. Patients with non-emergency needs have been asked to contact…
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Jul 2022
Extremely high demand has led to all ambulance services in England being placed on the “highest alert level”. NHS trusts say a combination of hot weather, delays handing patients over to accident and emergency units, and staff Covid absences, have caused problems. Ambulance services have urged people to stay safe during the heatwave,…
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