Thousands of cancer patients face NHS treatment delays
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Thousands of cancer patients face NHS treatment delays

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/09/thousands-of-cancer-patients-face-nhs-treatment-delays By  Pamela Duncan and Denis Campbell Nearly 10% of patients forced to wait more than two weeks for first appointment with specialist Record numbers of suspected cancer patients are facing delays before starting their treatment amid growing pressure on increasingly overstretched NHS services for the disease. In the 12 months to June, 130,553 people in…

Record 2.2m people required emergency NHS care in July
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Record 2.2m people required emergency NHS care in July

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/09/record-2-million-people-required-emergency-nhs-care-heatwave-july By NHS, Health, Weather, Natural disasters and extreme weather, Hospitals news Heatwave triggers surge in people in England needing help from overloaded NHS A record number of people sought emergency help from the NHS last month as the most intense heatwave since 1976 triggered a surge in people needing medical help. In all…

Why stealthy viruses are making you ill
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Why stealthy viruses are making you ill

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45114842 By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News A trick used by viruses to make us sick – “stealth spheres” – has been discovered by scientists. It had been thought viruses were all lone wolves, each on a solo campaign of infection. Instead they can form “packs” of up to 40…

Patients may walk away from NHS because of long GP waits, Britain’s leading family doctor warns
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Patients may walk away from NHS because of long GP waits, Britain’s leading family doctor warns

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/08/patients-may-walk-away-nhs-long-gp-waits-britains-leading-family/ By Laura Donnelly health editor Patients could increasingly walk away from the NHS because of long waiting times to see a family doctor, Britain’s leading GP has warned. Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard said she was fearful that people would seek alternatives to the health service, because they could not face…

NHS-funded homeopathic treatment to end in Bristol
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NHS-funded homeopathic treatment to end in Bristol

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45028622 By BBC Health News The last place in England to offer publicly-funded homeopathy is to stop providing the practice on the NHS. Bristol’s clinical commissioning group (CCG) has decided to end NHS-funded homeopathic treatment except in exceptional circumstances. Homeopathy is based on the idea “like cures like”, but many scientists…