Number of doctors opting for early retirement doubles, amid pension clampdown
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Number of doctors opting for early retirement doubles, amid pension clampdown

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/04/number-doctors-opting-early-retirement-doubles-amid-pension/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor The number of hospital doctors opting for early retirement has doubled in the past decade, NHS figures show. The trend comes along side a clamp down on pensions, which cap the amount savers can amass without being taxed from £1.8m in 2012 to £1 million. Medics blamed stress,…

Quarter of UK student nurses drop out before graduation, study finds
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Quarter of UK student nurses drop out before graduation, study finds

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/03/quarter-of-uk-student-nurses-drop-out-before-graduation-study-finds By Haroon Siddique Nearly a quarter of student nurses are dropping out of their degree courses before graduation, according to figures that bode ill for the staffing crisis in the NHS. Of 16,544 UK nursing students at 55 universities who began three-year degrees that were due to finish last year, 4,027 left their…

New drive to encourage doctors to write to patients in plain English
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New drive to encourage doctors to write to patients in plain English

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/04/new-drive-doctors-urged-write-patients-plain-english By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Guidance from Academy of Medical Royal Colleges suggests specialists should avoid Latin terms, acronyms and convoluted language Hospital doctors are being told to write letters directly to patients, and in plain English, in a move the profession’s leaders hope will sweep away the use of baffling…

All car parking charges dropped across every NHS hospitals in Wales
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All car parking charges dropped across every NHS hospitals in Wales

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This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nhs-hospital-car-parking-charge-wales-free-glangwili-prince-philip-a8518011.html By Saman Javed Hospitals in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England still charge for car parking Parking at all NHS hospitals across Wales is now free, a decade after the policy was first announced by the Welsh government. Glangwili and Prince Philip hospitals were the last to have the charges and will now be free to park at…

Dementia patients in hospital ‘suffering in silence’, according to ‘deeply troubling’ new research
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Dementia patients in hospital ‘suffering in silence’, according to ‘deeply troubling’ new research

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/29/dementia-patients-hospital-suffering-silence-according-deeply/ By Henry Bodkin  Hospital-bound dementia patients are “suffering in silence” because they are unable to communicate the pain they are in, according to a new study. Research by Marie Curie and University College London found that over a third of patients with the disease are unable to explain how they are feeling to…