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This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44068957 By BBC News Wales is the only UK nation to have seen an improvement in its cancer waiting times over the last five years. Analysis by the BBC shows 87.3% of patients were seen within two months in 2017-18. This is an improvement from 85.8% in 2012-13. However, it is…
This article was taken from: http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Health-Care-News/nhs-has-one-of-lowest-levels-of-doctors-and-nurses-in-western-world# By National Health Executive The UK has fewer doctors and nurses per head than almost any developed country, new figures have revealed.# The King’s Fund analysed data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), comparing healthcare spending across 21 countries. According to the figures, the only country with fewer doctors…
This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/news-round-up-catch-up-on-aprils-top-nursing-stories/7024348.article By STEVE FORD Drop in EU nurses continues, driving NMC register decline The fall in the number of nurses and midwives registered to practise in the UK is continuing to fall, with new figures showing the Nursing and Midwifery Councils register has shrunk by around 500 over the past 12 months….
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44041116 By Judith Burns Sally, now 20, believes her mental distress should have been spotted years before she received treatment that helped her. She says she became ill when she first started secondary school. Teachers noticed, describing her as “an odd child”, but in the end it was Sally herself who had…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44037863 By BBC Health News The HPV vaccine routinely offered to teenage girls in the UK is safe and protects against a virus that can cause cancer of the cervix, an independent review has found. The analysis by the Cochrane Group provides solid evidence that should reassure parents considering having their daughters immunised,…