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Green light for £16m integrated care centre

By Lee Peart 20 November 2024

The green light has been given for construction of a £16m health and care facility in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

LORD DARZI

'We stand at a crossroads,' Lord Darzi lays bare NHS crisis

By Lee Peart 20 November 2024

Lord Darzi has laid bare the scale of the challenges facing the NHS while giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee.

LORD WARNER

Former health minister says NHS is 'fiscally incontinent'

By Lee Peart 19 November 2024

The NHS is spending too much on the ‘most expensive and often underperforming parts of its system’, a former Labour health minister has said.

PRIMARY CARE

Half of Brits embarrassed to seek medical help, survey finds

By Lee Peart 19 November 2024

Just under half of Brits (49.9%) are embarrassed to seek medical help, a new survey has found.

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health hospital comes out of special measures

By Lee Peart 19 November 2024

The CQC has taken Cheswold Park Hospital in Doncaster out of special measures following an inspection in May and June.

STROKE

Hospital stroke admissions up by 28% since 2004

By Lee Peart 18 November 2024

Hospital admissions following a stroke have grown by 28% in the last 20 years, according to new NHS analysis.

DIABETES

NHS provides eye scans closer to home for people with diabetes

By Lee Peart 18 November 2024

The NHS is providing advanced eye scans closer to home for 60,000 people with diabetes that could save up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and help prevent life-changing sight loss.

THE KING'S FUND

Call for stronger partnership between NHS and life sciences industry

By Lee Peart 18 November 2024

A new report by The King’s Fund has called for Government and NHS leaders to drive a stronger partnership between the NHS and life sciences industry.

NEONATAL

Trust apologises after neonatal review finds examples of 'poor care'

By Lee Peart 15 November 2024

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) has apologised and pledged to improve after a review it commissioned found examples of ‘poor care’.

MARTIN GREEN

Petition calls for social care national insurance hike exemption

By Lee Peart 15 November 2024

Care England has called on its members to sign a petition calling for an exemption from the Government’s employer national insurance (NIC) tax rise.

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