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Apr 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

Survey reveals nearly 60 per cent of GPs work three day weeks and 30 per cent want to retire within five years

According to Government-backed research, nearly six in ten GPs now work three-day weeks and a third are planning to retire within five years. GPs who took part in the survey highlighted difficulties with increasing workloads, having ‘insufficient time to do the job justice’ and rising demands from patients. The findings from the latest…

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Apr 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

West of England shingles patients needed for new treatment trial

Patients who have recently been diagnosed with shingles are being sought for a new study into the long term effects of the infection. Scientists from the University of Bristol are researching to see if the anti-depressant amitriptyline can prevent post-herpetic neuralgia, a condition which causes continuous or intermittent nerve pain in an area of…

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Apr 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

Two new medications to fight drug-resistant superbugs soon available on NHS

Two new drugs which fight superbugs could soon become available to NHS patients in England. Drugs’ watchdog NICE say ceftazidime with avibactam and cefiderocol offer value for money and may save lives. These ‘last line of defence’ drugs will tackle severe infections which cannot be cleared by other treatments. Antimicrobial resistance is…

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Apr 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

NHS East of England ambulances taking up to 20 hours to reach patients

Staff at the East of England Ambulance Service say their ambulances are facing ’20 hour delays’ to reach some non-critical patients, adding that they have also not been responding to some lower category calls due to pressures. Tom Abell, chief executive of the trust, said “We are currently experiencing some of the most significant…

19
Apr 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

Health officials investigate 74 child hepatitis cases across the UK

Health officials are currently investigating a total of 74 cases of hepatitis – or liver inflammation – in children across the UK since the beginning of this year, 49 cases in England, 13 in Scotland and 12 across Northern Ireland and Wales. They believe that the common adenovirus may be the cause, but have…

19
Apr 2022

Section: Medical Negligence

NHS leaders warn of Easter ‘as bad as any winter’

Health chiefs are warning that the NHS is facing the “brutal reality” of an Easter as bad as most winters, with staff said to be working “flat out” to deliver treatment amid near-record waits for A&E and planned surgery. The number of patients arriving at Accident and Emergency departments has been steadily rising over…

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Survey reveals nearly 60 per cent of GPs work three day weeks and 30 per cent want to retire within five years

West of England shingles patients needed for new treatment trial

Two new medications to fight drug-resistant superbugs soon available on NHS

NHS East of England ambulances taking up to 20 hours to reach patients

Health officials investigate 74 child hepatitis cases across the UK

NHS leaders warn of Easter ‘as bad as any winter’

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Survey reveals nearly 60 per cent of GPs work three day weeks and 30 per cent want to retire within five years

West of England shingles patients needed for new treatment trial

Two new medications to fight drug-resistant superbugs soon available on NHS

NHS East of England ambulances taking up to 20 hours to reach patients

Health officials investigate 74 child hepatitis cases across the UK

NHS leaders warn of Easter ‘as bad as any winter’

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