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Feb 2024
More than half of GP surgeries in Lancashire say they could close within two years due to budget pressures. According to a new survey, seven of the region’s practices consider themselves to be under “immediate” threat of closing down and a further 94 surgeries fear they will close in the next 18 to 24…
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Feb 2024
The number of people being admitted to hospital with flu and norovirus has hit a new high for England this winter, with latest NHS figures showing that 2,226 beds were taken up by flu patients each day last week, up 70 per cent in a month. The NHS said the data showed it was…
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Feb 2024
A report by Cancer Research UK says the rate of improvement in the number of people who survive cancer has slowed down, and the rate of progress was five times faster in the 2000s than in the 2010s. The report largely blames a lack of sufficient funding for research. However it also finds that…
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Feb 2024
Experts say worsening health among the under fives in the UK needs to be urgently addressed, highlighting ‘major health issues’ such as obesity, infant deaths and tooth decay. The Academy of Medical Sciences says society is betraying children and the problems are limiting their future and damaging economic prosperity. The government says children’s…
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Feb 2024
The charity have said thousands of women invited for cervical screening each year had never attended an appointment, with the number missing free NHS tests increasing, adding that cervical cancer is “almost certainly preventable”. Chief Executive Dr Kathryn Scott said screening may be awkward for some, but it saved lives. “It is vitally…
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Feb 2024
Midwives say staff shortages and a poor culture at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust have led to avoidable baby deaths. The trust have apologised for its failings and say that they are determined to learn when things go wrong. Cheltenham Birth Centre allowed women with low-risk pregnancies the choice of giving birth there under…
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