This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45850140 By BBC Health News Patients claiming free prescriptions in England face checks before medicine is issued in an effort to stamp out fraud. Prescription fraud currently costs the NHS in England an estimated £256m a year. A new digitised system to be piloted next year will mean pharmacies can instantly…
This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/infant-mortality-child-deaths-uk-eu-europe-health-brexit-poverty-austerity-a8581516.html By Alex Matthews-Kings, at the Independent Children in England are more likely to die in infancy than their European counterparts and are set to be left further behind on a range of health measures unless the government and NHS act now, a major report warns. Infant mortality is nearly a third…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45822629 By BBC Health News Doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis products to patients from 1 November, the Home Secretary Sajid Javid says. The new regulations apply to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Mr Javid decided to relax the rules on when cannabis products could be given to patients…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45815919 By Dominic HughesHealth correspondent, BBC News Health workers in England who refuse to take up the offer of a free flu jab will be asked to explain why they do not want to be vaccinated. The measures have been introduced in an effort to cut sickness rates and protect patients over…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/09/uks-healthcare-plummets-global-efficiency-tables/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor British healthcare has fallen 14 places on global league tables for healthcare efficiency, and is behind countries such as Chile, Algeria and the Czech republic. British healthcare has fallen 14 places on global league tables for healthcare efficiency, and is behind countries such as Chile, Algeria and…