Pharmacies to offer heart checkups in new NHS England scheme
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Pharmacies to offer heart checkups in new NHS England scheme

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/02/pharmacies-to-offer-heart-check-ups-in-new-nhs-england-scheme By Seth Jacobson Early detection service at 320 pharmacies aims to prevent heart attacks and strokes Heart checkups are to be offered at high street pharmacies under new plans from NHS England, as part of a programme which seeks to prevent tens of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over the…

UK cancer and children’s wards being hit by closures
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UK cancer and children’s wards being hit by closures

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/18/uk-cancer-and-childrens-wards-being-hit-by-closures-nhs-staffing-crisis By Denis Campbell Health policy editor NHS staffing crisis is forcing patients to travel long distances for treatment as services are centralised Growing numbers of hospital units that provide cancer care and children’s services are among those being forced to shut because the NHS’s deepening staffing crisis means it has too few doctors and…