NHS under pressure: Crisis worse than last year, doctors warn
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NHS under pressure: Crisis worse than last year, doctors warn

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.itv.com/news/2018-03-12/nhs-under-pressure-crisis-worse-than-last-year-doctors-warn/ By ITV News Nearly two-thirds of doctors say that pressure on the NHS has meant patient safety has deteriorated over the past year, a new report shows. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) found four out of five doctors are worried about the ability of their service to deliver safe…

Depression, burn out, trauma, exhaustion: inside the minds of doctors

Depression, burn out, trauma, exhaustion: inside the minds of doctors

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/depression-burn-trauma-exhaustion-inside-minds-doctors/ By Caroline Elton  We like to believe doctors are all-powerful and omniscient. When we visit one, it is naturally concerns about our own health that are uppermost in our minds. Yet rarely do we stop to consider the psychological toll a doctor’s work takes on them. In my work as a psychologist…

Poor rural Victorians ‘had best diet’
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Poor rural Victorians ‘had best diet’

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43323098 By BBC Health News Poor, rural societies which ate high-quality foods bought locally had the best diet and health in mid-Victorian Britain, a new report has revealed. The healthiest regions, measured by low mortality rates, were often the most isolated. In those areas, people would have consumed plenty of locally-produced…

Government to offer NHS staff 6.5% pay rise if they forfeit day’s holiday
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Government to offer NHS staff 6.5% pay rise if they forfeit day’s holiday

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/08/nhs-staff-set-to-win-65-pay-rise-but-must-forfeit-days-holiday-in-return By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Exclusive: £3.3bn deal nears for staff in England, eight years after last meaningful pay rise The government is set to offer around 1 million NHS staff a 6.5% pay rise over the next three years but is insisting that health workers give up a day’s holiday in return for…

Hospital admission waiting times at record levels
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Hospital admission waiting times at record levels

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://news.sky.com/story/hospital-admission-waiting-times-at-record-levels-11280393 By Sky News In just one month, 1,043 people in England waited half a day to move from A&E to a ward, figures described “disturbing”. More than 1,000 people had to wait more than 12 hours to be admitted after being seen at A&E in January, as waiting times reached…