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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2017/sep/17/the-miracle-pill-how-cycling-could-save-the-nhs By: Peter Walker Cycling can make people healthy and live longer, and cut public health costs, so why can’t it be prescribed to the nation? Imagine if a team of scientists devised a drug which massively reduced people’s chances of developing cancer or heart disease, cutting their overall likelihood of dying…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41274088 By: Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Unions representing nurses and other NHS staff have written to the chancellor to demand a 3.9% pay rise and an extra £800 to make up for the “cut” they have seen in recent years. Fourteen unions have joined together to ask for the increase, saying pay…
Shoppers could have their blood pressure checked at supermarket tills under radical NHS plans aimed at preventing almost 25,000 heart attacks and strokes. Firefighters, teachers and office workers will also be trained to carry out tests, in a bid to identify thousands of people are risk of the major killers. Under the NHS proposals, local…
About 10% of my trust’s workforce is from the EU. We urgently need some clarity before those staff abandon the NHS Should we be worried about Brexit?” As a chief executive of west London mental health NHS trust, I make a point of getting out into our diverse and geographically dispersed services as often as…
Report says private providers have seen 15 to 25% annual rise in ‘self-payers’ as patients resort to using savings or loans Growing numbers of patients are paying for private treatment to beat rationing and delays for treatment imposed by the cash-strapped NHS. People who do not have health insurance are increasingly paying up to £14,880 for…