This article was taken from: http://home.bt.com/news/latest-news/nhs-england-hopes-england-will-be-first-country-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c-11364246771040 By BT News The NHS is planning for England to be the first country in the world to eliminate Hepatitis C. Health leaders have called on the pharmaceutical industry to work with them to provide best value for money for treatments so that the NHS can commit to eliminating…
This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mental-health-care-crisis-trainee-nurses-bursary-cuts-staffing-recruitment-support-quality-a8177981.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent Specialist training programmes being closed down because of a lack of graduates The crisis in mental health services is likely to be made worse because of a collapse in trainee nurses following the Government’s decision to scrap bursaries for nursing students last year, MPs have warned. In a report…
This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/doctors-blocked-by-arbitrary-visa-rules-from-taking-up-nhs-jobs-11222690 By Paul Kelso, Health Correspondent Clinicians, hospital trusts and recruitment agencies say rules are preventing the NHS filling thousands of vacant doctors posts. Fully-qualified foreign doctors are being prevented from taking up NHS jobs because of “arbitrary” visa rules which critics say are exacerbating the crisis in the health service….
This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/23/nhs-urged-act-quickly-stop-elderly-patients-going-blind/ By: Laura Donnelly, health editor Thousands of elderly patients are being left at risk of blindness because the NHS is too slow to prescribe drugs which could save their sight, experts have warned. New guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) today say patients suffering from age-related macular…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42802191 By Alex TherrienHealth reporter, BBC News Smokers need to quit cigarettes rather than cut back on them to significantly lower their risk of heart disease and stroke, a large BMJ study suggests. Smokers need to quit cigarettes rather than cut back on them to significantly lower their risk of heart…