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Mar 2024
Care Quality Commission inspectors who have downgraded the maternity department at Kettering General Hospital have said low staffing levels “put the safety of birthing people and babies at risk”, and graded the unit as “requires improvement”. The hospital have said a significant amount of work has taken place to address the issues highlighted by…
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Mar 2024
The NHS are urging more people over the age of 40 to have a blood pressure check, saying there are millions who do not realise they may have dangerously high levels. There are often no warning symptoms of high blood pressure and it is thought that around a third of cases remain undiagnosed, around…
14
Mar 2024
England’s NHS ombudsman has warned that cancer patients could be at risk due to overstretched and “exhausted” health staff in a “system at breaking point”. The office of Rob Behrens, the parliamentary and health service ombudsman who investigates unresolved complaints against NHS England, carried out 1,019 investigations related to cancer between April 2020 and…
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Mar 2024
Experts say that patients in parts of England are facing an uphill struggle to see a GP, following an analysis which has shown a wide regional variation in doctor numbers. The Nuffield Trust think tank found that Kent and Medway had the fewest GPs per person, followed by Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. …
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Mar 2024
A number of pop-up vaccine clinics have opened in Sheffield for young people who may have missed an immunisation. The service is particularly aimed at those who have not had the MMR jab. The NHS have said that currently nearly one in ten children under the age of five in the city have not…
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Mar 2024
Patients could be “at risk” as lengthy delays to see a GP have risen significantly across the region. Waits of longer than 28 days to see a GP increased from around 50 per cent least year, while waits of over two weeks rose by 25 per cent. The Royal College of GPs warned…
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