This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57515472 By BBC Health News Disruption to surgery in England and Wales during the pandemic will continue to affect millions of patients for many years, researchers say. Hospitals completed 1.5 million fewer surgical procedures in 2020 than would be expected from trends in previous years, a drop of about…
This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nhs-birthday-70-myths-tax-social-insurance-american-model-think-tank-a8428821.html By Ben Chu The important question is whether more money for the health service will improve outcomes, or whether there’s some kind of structural impediment Why does our society provide health services collectively rather than privately? Why don’t we all simply, as individuals, buy what we need (medicines, consultations, treatments,…
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…
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…
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…