This article was taken from: https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2018/03/03/patients-struggling-to-get-gp-appointments-poll-finds/ By AOL News Many people are going without seeing their GP because they find it too difficult to make an appointment, a poll has found. More than a third (36%) of people surveyed said they have gone without seeing their doctor in the past 12 months because they could not get…
This article was taken from: http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/04/nhs-launch-new-mental-health-service-soldiers-7359990/ By Harley Tamplin Former soldiers suffering from substance abuse, trauma and other issues will receive support from a new mental health service launched by the NHS. The Veterans’ Mental Health Complex Treatment Service will offer treatment and care to ex-soldiers. NHS England has announced the new service, which is backed by…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/01/mental-health-patients-treated-far-from-home-less-likely-to-recover By Denis Campbell NHS watchdog expresses concern over wellbeing of thousands of patients and cost to NHS of ‘out of area’ care Thousands of people with serious mental health problems are being locked up in treatment units far away from their homes, and left isolated and less likely to recover, the…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/27/alarming-failings-cancer-care-fuel-premature-breast-cancer-deaths/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Women are twice as likely to die from breast cancer in some parts of the country amid “alarming” failings by NHS services, experts have warned. A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer reveals a “postcode lottery” in screening, diagnosis and death rates from the…
This article was taken from: https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/beast-from-the-east-nhs-warns-people-to-stay-well-and-stock-up-as-siberian-weather-arrives-1-9037453 By Weather reporter The NHS is urging people across the North East and North Cumbria to take care of themselves and their neighbours as freezing weather blows in this week. Cold weather can be very harmful to health and around 25,000 more people die over the course of each winter compared…