NHS hospitals ‘unsafe’ for diabetics as quarter of a million experienced potentially life threatening errors last year, charity warns
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NHS hospitals ‘unsafe’ for diabetics as quarter of a million experienced potentially life threatening errors last year, charity warns

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/diabetes-patients-nhs-hospitals-risk-life-threatening-errors-a8573046.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent Emergency care needed for 9,600 patients who went into diabetic comas after receiving too much insulin Diabetic patients in NHS hospitals are being put at risk of serious harm or death as a lack of specialist staff contributed to 260,000 medication errors last year, charities have warned….

Plea to bring back NHS bursaries for nurses after massive drop in applications
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Plea to bring back NHS bursaries for nurses after massive drop in applications

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/04/plea-to-bring-back-nhs-bursaries-for-nurses-after-massive-drop-in-applications-8003557/ By Adam Smith A parliamentary petition calling for nursing bursaries to be reinstated in England after a huge drop in nursing applications has reached 13,000 signatures in a week. Since the Government axed bursaries in 2016, applications for nursing degrees have fallen by a third and student nursing numbers have…

Body parts pile up as NHS supplier fails to dispose of human waste
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Body parts pile up as NHS supplier fails to dispose of human waste

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/04/body-parts-pile-up-as-nhs-supplier-fails-to-dispose-of-human-waste By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Government takes emergency action to deal with build-up at company’s sites Body parts including amputated limbs and waste from cancer treatment have been retained rather than disposed of by a major NHS supplier, prompting the government’s emergency committee to take action. The health and social care secretary, Matt…

Newly discharged mental health patients at much higher risk of death
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Newly discharged mental health patients at much higher risk of death

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/02/newly-discharged-mental-health-patients-at-much-higher-risk-of-death By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Such patients are 90 times more likely to die from drugs overdose than general population, research finds People with mental health problems are at a hugely increased risk of dying from unnatural causes, including suicide, soon after they have been discharged from hospital, new research reveals….

Antidepressant withdrawal ‘hits millions’
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Antidepressant withdrawal ‘hits millions’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45717465 By BBC Health news Millions of people get bad side-effects trying to cut down on or come off antidepressants, a large review says. The All Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence review suggests half of patients have withdrawal symptoms and for half of these the symptoms will be severe. Patients should…