Future-proofing the NHS: how the UK’s largest workforce is gearing up
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Future-proofing the NHS: how the UK’s largest workforce is gearing up

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2018/may/23/future-proofing-how-nhs-future-uk-largest-workforce By Debbie Andalo , The Guardian As the service responds to changing developed Seventy years ago the NHS launched with a workforce of around 144,000. Since then, the health service has grown to become the single biggest employer in the UK, with 1.7 million workers across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, making it the…

Access to data helping to deliver the right care in the right place
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Access to data helping to deliver the right care in the right place

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/home/your-nursing-career/access-to-data-helping-to-deliver-the-right-care-in-the-right-place/7024627.article By Tina Hanlon, Nursing Times There is huge value in giving nurses access to data on what is happening across their ward or organisation. For a start, it helps them deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time, and so avoids patients being kept in hospital…

One in eight people set to have type 2 diabetes by 2045, says study
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One in eight people set to have type 2 diabetes by 2045, says study

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from:  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/22/one-in-eight-people-set-to-have-type-2-diabetes-by-2045-says-study By Sarah Boseley Health editor Global rates for the disease will rise from 9% to 14% – with severe impacts on health systems – unless obesity levels are reduced, say scientists One in eight people in the world will have type 2 diabetes by 2045 if obesity continues to climb at the…

Hospitals struggling to afford new equipment after NHS budget cuts
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Hospitals struggling to afford new equipment after NHS budget cuts

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/22/hospitals-struggling-to-afford-new-equipment-after-nhs-budget-cuts By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Hospitals struggling to afford new equipment after NHS budget cut Hospitals can no longer afford the most modern scanners and surgical equipment to treat patients who have cancer and other diseases because of multibillion-pound cuts to the NHS’s capital budget, research reveals. Staff are having to continue…

Community services are key to the NHS. Why are they still marginalised? Chris Hopson
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Community services are key to the NHS. Why are they still marginalised? Chris Hopson

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from:  https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2018/may/21/community-services-nhs-marginalised By Chris Hopson Providing more care closer to home would improve the lives of patients – and ease the pressure on our beleaguered hospitals The NHS is overstretched, underfunded, and short-staffed. Pressures are growing. The results were there for all to see last winter. Staff run ragged, patient discharges delayed, standards of…