The NHS at 70: Prescriptions, scans and the smoking ban
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The NHS at 70: Prescriptions, scans and the smoking ban

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44533287 By BBC News As the National Health Service turns 70, BBC Scotland highlights some of the key milestones in its history – from prescription charges and keyhole surgery to pioneering scans and the smoking ban. 1913: The Highlands and Islands Medical Service is set up with a Treasury grant of £42,000. It…

NHS Scotland staff offered 9% pay rise over three years
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NHS Scotland staff offered 9% pay rise over three years

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44600918 By BBC Health news The bulk of NHS staff in Scotland have been offered a 9% pay rise, spread across three years. The offer, to staff like nurses and midwives who earn under £80,000 a year, is being considered by NHS unions. Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison said she was…

Life as an NHS nurse in the 1940s: ‘You have to forget about yourself’
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Life as an NHS nurse in the 1940s: ‘You have to forget about yourself’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/24/life-as-an-nhs-nurse-in-the-1940s By  Jude Rogers In the first of our series speaking to nurses from each decade of the NHS, Evelyn Lamb, 86, remembers the early months of the service, when money was pouring in The early days of the NHS were so exciting. We never had any doubt that it would work. I was…

Supermarkets targeted in the battle against obesity
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Supermarkets targeted in the battle against obesity

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/24/helm-boseley-health-diet-eating-obesity-policy-eating-sugar-salt-fat By Toby Helm and Sarah Boseley Checkout offer bans and TV advertising watershed are key steps to tackle health crisis New laws to ban shops from offering special “two for the price of one” deals near supermarket checkouts for food high in sugar, fat or salt are to be introduced in an…

Double the number of medical students to keep NHS afloat, health chiefs say
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Double the number of medical students to keep NHS afloat, health chiefs say

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/24/double-number-medical-students-keep-nhs-afloat-health-chiefs/ By  Henry Bodkin  The NHS needs to double the number of medical students in training to avoid collapse, doctors’ leaders have said. Surging obesity and an “explosion” in genomic medicine means the number of new students entering medical school each year should rise to 15,000, according to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). In…