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May 2022
The Accident & Emergency department at Leicester Royal Infirmary is struggling with long waits due to soaring demand according to health bosses with some patients waiting hours to be seen and even longer to be given beds. NHS bosses apologised and said issues surrounding access to social care and GP’s were a factor, and…
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May 2022
The NHS Trust that runs Nottingham’s hospitals has appointed the head of a council as its new chief executive. Anthony May, current chief executive of Nottinghamshire County Council, joins the trust in the middle of a review of its maternity services and months after an inspection highlighted a “culture of bullying”. Nottingham University…
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May 2022
Analysis by the BBC has found a 77 per cent increase in the most serious safety incidents logged by paramedics in England over the last year, compared to before the pandemic. Doctors also say that in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the 999 system is under “tremendous pressure”. Research has shown there were…
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May 2022
Patients with asbestos-triggered cancers could live for long and in less pain due to a breakthrough treatment that slows the growth of tumours. Currently, just seven per cent of patients with mesothelioma survive for longer than five years from diagnosis. But results from a new trial show a new drug, abemaciclib, can extend…
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May 2022
In celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we will be enjoying an additional bank holiday on 3 June 2022, and the usual late May bank holiday has been moved to 2 June 2022. Whilst many employees will be glad of the upcoming 4-day weekend, are they all entitled to take the additional bank holiday as…
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May 2022
A Bishop Auckland hospice has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission and told to improve to ensure “safe patient care”. The health watchdog gave the rating to Butterwick Hospice after it found some staff were not properly trained. The inspection at the hospice, which provides adult hospice services, including neurological and…
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