Bullying in the NHS costing the service more than £2 billion per year in England, research warns
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Bullying in the NHS costing the service more than £2 billion per year in England, research warns

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/23/bullying-nhs-costing-service-2-billion-per-year-england-research/ By  Telegraph Reporter at the Telegraph newspaper Bullying and harassment in the NHS could be costing more than £2 billion per year in England alone, warns new research. The figures come from the first comprehensive estimate of the financial costs of bullying and harassment in the NHS. The study, published in…

Self-harm and violent attacks in prisons hit record high as incidents rise by 20% in a year, figures show
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Self-harm and violent attacks in prisons hit record high as incidents rise by 20% in a year, figures show

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prison-violence-self-harm-attack-mental-health-jail-uk-department-justice-a8600671.html By May Bulman Social Affairs Correspondent, at The Independent Ministers under pressure to launch emergency prisons plan in upcoming Budget as violence and self-harm and in jails hit record levels for third time in a year Self-harm and violent attacks in prisons have hit a new record high as incidents soar by 20 per…

Two unborn babies’ spines repaired in womb in UK surgery first
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Two unborn babies’ spines repaired in womb in UK surgery first

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45958980 By BBC Health news Two unborn babies have had their spines repaired by surgeons – weeks before they were born. The operations – which are the first ever of their kind in the UK – were carried out by a team of 30 doctors at University College Hospital in London….

NHS: Will this winter be even worse?
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NHS: Will this winter be even worse?

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45943884 By Hugh Pym, Health editor at BBC News  Will there be a bleak winter for the NHS? A cycle of perpetual winter crises and the NHS running on empty – these are the latest warnings coming from groups in England representing hospitals and doctors. That sounds rather familiar for this time…

Antimicrobial resistance must be policy priority, say MPs
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Antimicrobial resistance must be policy priority, say MPs

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/22/antimicrobial-antibiotic-resistance-must-be-policy-priority-for-uk-government-say-mps By Press Association at the Guardian Global death toll from antimicrobial-resistant infections expected to rise to 10m a year by 2050 Tackling antimicrobial resistance needs to become a top-five policy priority for the government in order to help prevent the virtual loss of modern medicine, MPs have said. A report by…