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NHS funds headache relieving device
The handheld device delivers low-level electric currents to disrupt cluster headaches
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NICE calls for consistent clinical and social care in cerebral palsy
Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine
Ending the postcode lottery of stroke care
BMA calls for ‘national standard for autism care’
Clinicians need better options if we are to stop over-medication
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NICE calls for consistent clinical and social care in cerebral palsy
Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine
Ending the postcode lottery of stroke care
BMA calls for ‘national standard for autism care’
Clinicians need better options if we are to stop over-medication
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Safe discharge of elderly patients scheme in Wales set to be extended
Originally pilot initiative to stave off readmissions during winter period
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Cash injection needed to bolster ‘fragile’ care system
Social care spending fell while dementia cases rose
Kite-mark care of elderly in general hospitals, urge doctors
CQC to focus reviews on delayed transfers of care
Home-care support often ‘poor’ finds health watchdog
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Cash injection needed to bolster ‘fragile’ care system
Social care spending fell while dementia cases rose
Kite-mark care of elderly in general hospitals, urge doctors
CQC to focus reviews on delayed transfers of care
Home-care support often ‘poor’ finds health watchdog
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GMC launches first survey of SAS and locally employed doctors
These groups make up one in six of practitioners on the medical register
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Junior doctors to play a role in contract renegotiation
GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years'
Better assessment of doctors in training will cut burden
Bullying by colleagues affects one in five NHS staff
Monitor launches ‘exploration’ of GP services
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Junior doctors to play a role in contract renegotiation
GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years'
Better assessment of doctors in training will cut burden
Bullying by colleagues affects one in five NHS staff
Monitor launches ‘exploration’ of GP services
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Safe staffing law passed in Scotland
First legislation of its kind to apply to both health and social care services
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Over a third of nursing posts earmarked for cuts
Funding postcode lottery
Emergency care in Northern Ireland unsustainable, warn emergency doctors
Gaps in doctors’ rotas is putting patients at risk
Thousands of healthcare workers join ‘NHS in Crisis’ march
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Over a third of nursing posts earmarked for cuts
Funding postcode lottery
Emergency care in Northern Ireland unsustainable, warn emergency doctors
Gaps in doctors’ rotas is putting patients at risk
Thousands of healthcare workers join ‘NHS in Crisis’ march
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Avoidable death four times as likely among the poor as among the well off
Gap in rates in England and Wales has widened since 2011
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Scotland reveals target of halving child obesity by 2030
Type 2 diabetes in 10 times more young people than realised
Prioritise and fund prevention to save lives and NHS, warn doctors
Brexit could result in thousands of extra CVD deaths
Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030
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Scotland reveals target of halving child obesity by 2030
Type 2 diabetes in 10 times more young people than realised
Prioritise and fund prevention to save lives and NHS, warn doctors
Brexit could result in thousands of extra CVD deaths
Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030
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‘Conclusive evidence’ that antiretroviral therapy wards off HIV transmission
Even when condoms not used during sex, reveals study of nearly 1000 gay male couples
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HPV programme linked to dramatic fall in cervical disease
HIV therapy helps protect men from Hep B infection
Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030
JCVI recommends universal HPV vaccination
Experts warn approach to HIV/AIDS is complacent
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HPV programme linked to dramatic fall in cervical disease
HIV therapy helps protect men from Hep B infection
Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030
JCVI recommends universal HPV vaccination
Experts warn approach to HIV/AIDS is complacent
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Plans to speed up access to innovative treatments
AAC to become UK body for innovation
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Next steps set out for shaping ambitions for NHS over coming decade
Wellcome launches worldwide health and science survey
Building an inclusive digital health and care service
Hunt promises to expand NHS digital services
‘One size fits all' outpatient care is ‘unfit for purpose’
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Next steps set out for shaping ambitions for NHS over coming decade
Wellcome launches worldwide health and science survey
Building an inclusive digital health and care service
Hunt promises to expand NHS digital services
‘One size fits all' outpatient care is ‘unfit for purpose’
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Rate of pregnant women with obesity doubles in decade
Pregnant women with obesity rate rises from 22% to 44% in a decade
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Tackling obesity ‘must be made a national priority’
Diabetes drug use during pregnancy affects child's weight
Parity lower in women with unfavourable lipid profile
Fruit & veg cut risk of small baby
Gestational weight loss or gain linked to poor outcome in children
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Tackling obesity ‘must be made a national priority’
Diabetes drug use during pregnancy affects child's weight
Parity lower in women with unfavourable lipid profile
Fruit & veg cut risk of small baby
Gestational weight loss or gain linked to poor outcome in children
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Winter pressures delayed crucial cancer appointments
24% of cancer patients waited more than two months for treatment
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Obesity as cause of cancer set to overtake smoking
Unrelenting NHS pressure affecting cancer care, say GPs and nurses
Prostate cancer in Scotland: an evolutionary journey
CCGs struggling to meet cancer targets
Half of all cancer patients now survive a decade
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Obesity as cause of cancer set to overtake smoking
Unrelenting NHS pressure affecting cancer care, say GPs and nurses
Prostate cancer in Scotland: an evolutionary journey
CCGs struggling to meet cancer targets
Half of all cancer patients now survive a decade
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RCGP president elections launched
Seven candidates for president unveiled
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Online triage ‘not a solution’ to GP workload pressures
Better GP/consultant relations key to improving outpatients
Qualms about data sharing hampering pharmacists’ palliative care role
No more sticking plasters for primary care, insists England’s GP leader
Only one in five GP trainees plan to work full-time
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Online triage ‘not a solution’ to GP workload pressures
Better GP/consultant relations key to improving outpatients
Qualms about data sharing hampering pharmacists’ palliative care role
No more sticking plasters for primary care, insists England’s GP leader
Only one in five GP trainees plan to work full-time
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Possible link between premature birth and kidney disease
Preterm birth could double risk of kidney disease into mid-adulthood
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Infertility much more likely after childhood cancer
Foetal alcohol syndrome must be better recognised
Teens more likely to have an abortion if their mother did
Stillbirth risk doubled in women sleeping on their back
Doctors should regard FGM as child abuse
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Infertility much more likely after childhood cancer
Foetal alcohol syndrome must be better recognised
Teens more likely to have an abortion if their mother did
Stillbirth risk doubled in women sleeping on their back
Doctors should regard FGM as child abuse
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Safer staffing should be enshrined in law, says RCN
Secretary of state should be ‘accountable’ for this
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Doctors believe patient care has worsened
Brexit creates uncertainty for EU care workers in Scotland
Ageing medical workforce - a growing trend
Scotland to introduce legal requirement on NHS staffing
Sharp increase in vacant consultant posts in Scotland
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Doctors believe patient care has worsened
Brexit creates uncertainty for EU care workers in Scotland
Ageing medical workforce - a growing trend
Scotland to introduce legal requirement on NHS staffing
Sharp increase in vacant consultant posts in Scotland
Categorie: Agenzie
GPs need better tools to diagnose pancreatic cancer
Only 3% of GPs confident they could detect signs
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GP gatekeepers linked to reduced patient satisfaction
GPs key to new faster cancer diagnosis standards
Cancer strategies failed to improve one-year survival
Diagnosis targets unethical says GP
Poor diabetes education leading to health complications
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GP gatekeepers linked to reduced patient satisfaction
GPs key to new faster cancer diagnosis standards
Cancer strategies failed to improve one-year survival
Diagnosis targets unethical says GP
Poor diabetes education leading to health complications
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NICE issues guidelines on neurological conditions
Help for GPs in identifying patients for referral
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MHRA tightens licence restrictions on valproate for women
New evidence on benzodiazepine link to Alzheimer’s
New guidance on valproate use in women
GP gatekeepers linked to reduced patient satisfaction
Earlier thrombolysis improves stroke outcomes
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MHRA tightens licence restrictions on valproate for women
New evidence on benzodiazepine link to Alzheimer’s
New guidance on valproate use in women
GP gatekeepers linked to reduced patient satisfaction
Earlier thrombolysis improves stroke outcomes
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Fear of ‘being seen’ bars teen access to sexual health info
New strategy needed for digital content, say experts
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NHS England strips Capita of cervical screening contract
Funding cuts leave contraceptive services in jeopardy
Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030
Fragmented sexual health system is failing users
JCVI recommends universal HPV vaccination
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NHS England strips Capita of cervical screening contract
Funding cuts leave contraceptive services in jeopardy
Promise to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030
Fragmented sexual health system is failing users
JCVI recommends universal HPV vaccination
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Musculoskeletal conditions 2nd global cause of years with disability
Sharp rise in musculoskeletal conditions since the millennium
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Transforming MSK care and patient outcomes
Opioid or muscle relaxant no extra benefit for back pain
New guidance launched for hip replacement
Single-dose malaria drug eliminates parasite from liver
Self-help graded exercise programme may curb CFS fatigue
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Transforming MSK care and patient outcomes
Opioid or muscle relaxant no extra benefit for back pain
New guidance launched for hip replacement
Single-dose malaria drug eliminates parasite from liver
Self-help graded exercise programme may curb CFS fatigue
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Breastfeeding 'protects' against child obesity
Nearly a quarter of children who were never breastfed likely to be obese
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UK lagging behind peers on child health
Poorest Scottish kids do the least exercise
CAM can be lethal to children
Health 'time-bomb' warning from severely obese children
Breastfeeding could cut children’s leukaemia risk
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UK lagging behind peers on child health
Poorest Scottish kids do the least exercise
CAM can be lethal to children
Health 'time-bomb' warning from severely obese children
Breastfeeding could cut children’s leukaemia risk
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GPs set out manifesto for hi-tech future
RCGP demands action on secure broadband, shared electronic patient record and full interoperability
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Time to hang up the phone – appointments need to be digitised
The end is nigh for paper prescriptions
Government publishes vision for future of general practice
NHS cyber security to get £150m upgrade
GP services need an extra £2.5bn
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Time to hang up the phone – appointments need to be digitised
The end is nigh for paper prescriptions
Government publishes vision for future of general practice
NHS cyber security to get £150m upgrade
GP services need an extra £2.5bn
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Homeowners urged to fund social care costs
A weekly state-funded care payment proposed as part of package to address funding gap
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Number of carers over 85 doubles in a decade
Free personal care would be fairer and cut NHS pressures
Quality of care plummeting in many care homes
Joined-up care in action
Social prescribing workers to ease GP pressure
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Number of carers over 85 doubles in a decade
Free personal care would be fairer and cut NHS pressures
Quality of care plummeting in many care homes
Joined-up care in action
Social prescribing workers to ease GP pressure
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Declining sense of smell linked to premature mortality
Study shows even healthy individuals may be at risk although reasons are unclear
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Celebrities back brain donation campaign
UK C-diff testing "inaccurate and inconsistent"
A healthy middle age combats dementia
Alzheimer's link to reduced cancer risk
Aura migraines double stroke risk in some groups
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Celebrities back brain donation campaign
UK C-diff testing "inaccurate and inconsistent"
A healthy middle age combats dementia
Alzheimer's link to reduced cancer risk
Aura migraines double stroke risk in some groups
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