This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46782159 By Rachel Schraer and Ben Butcher BBC Reality Check When Prime Minister Theresa May promised an extra £20bn for NHS England by 2023, she set a condition – the health service had to draw up a long-term plan setting out how it would spend it. But unions say the plan, which includes aims to…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46777387 By Nick Triggle Health correspondent NHS bosses in England say a new 10-year plan could save up to 500,000 lives by focusing on prevention. GPs, mental health and community care will get the biggest funding increases. The aim is to curb the reliance on hospitals, which will get a smaller cut of…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/25/nhs-urged-to-enable-junior-doctors-to-access-shared-parental-leave By Alexandra Topping at The Guardian news Regular rotations between hospital trusts render them ineligible, even if they have worked for NHS for years Junior doctors are being denied access to shared parental leave, leaving the NHS open to accusations of gender discrimination, according to medical professionals and lawyers. Junior doctors have told…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/27/childrens-hospices-receive-funding-boost-nhs-plans/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Health officials will increase funding for children’s hospices to up to £25 million a year, the head of the NHS has announced. Simon Stevens said care of terminally ill children was a top priority for the NHS, as he promised an expansion of services which mean help…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/22/nhs-carry-spinal-surgery-unborn-babies/ By Telegraph reporters Spinal surgery for unborn babies is to become routinely available on the NHS next spring, it has been announced. The life-changing procedure, performed while the baby is still in the womb, will help babies with spina bifida, whose spine and spinal cord are not properly developing, NHS England said. Surgery to…