NHS-funded homeopathic treatment to end in Bristol
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NHS-funded homeopathic treatment to end in Bristol

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45028622 By BBC Health News The last place in England to offer publicly-funded homeopathy is to stop providing the practice on the NHS. Bristol’s clinical commissioning group (CCG) has decided to end NHS-funded homeopathic treatment except in exceptional circumstances. Homeopathy is based on the idea “like cures like”, but many scientists…

GPs urge £2.5bn extra cash injection from NHS England
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GPs urge £2.5bn extra cash injection from NHS England

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/07/gps-urge-25bn-extra-cash-injection-from-nhs-england By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Doctors demand that government ‘invests properly’ to ensure safe care for patients Family doctors are demanding an emergency cash injection of £2.5bn to help struggling surgeries cope with demand and offer patients appointments within a reasonable time. Leaders of the profession want NHS bosses to plough…

Growing new immune system could end misery of Crohn’s disease
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Growing new immune system could end misery of Crohn’s disease

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/06/growing-new-immune-system-could-end-misery-crohns-disease/ By  Sarah Knapton, science editor Stem cell transplants could the end misery of Crohn’s disease, scientists hope. A clinical trial has begun which will use stem cells to grow a new immune system for people with the condition which causes inflammation in the digestive system, leading to chronic pain and extreme tiredness….

Fentanyl and cocaine drug deaths rise
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Fentanyl and cocaine drug deaths rise

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45083167 By BBC Home Editor, Mark Easton The number of deaths in England and Wales due to the synthetic opioid fentanyl rose by 29% in 2017, Office for National Statistics data shows. Last year heroin and morphine related deaths decreased for the first time since 2012, while cocaine deaths rose. In total, 3,756…

Anger and confusion as ‘complex’ NHS pay deal disappoints staff
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Anger and confusion as ‘complex’ NHS pay deal disappoints staff

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/04/nhs-pay-deal-angers-some-staff By Michael Savage Workers across service complain they have not had promised wage rises and GMB calls for talks to be reopened Some NHS staff have been angered by the recent pay deal for more than a million workers, complaining that they are not receiving the increases they had been promised. One…