‘Handful of changes’ make cancer

‘Handful of changes’ make cancer

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41644020 By: James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC News website British scientists have worked out how many changes it takes to transform a healthy cell into a cancer. The team, at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, showed the answer was a tiny handful, between one and 10 mutations depending on the…

Platinum Award  for excellence in compliance 99.5% score

Platinum Award for excellence in compliance 99.5% score

Our Compliance team have been awarded  99.5% score, as a result we have received a platinum award for our excellent work OneCall24 are proud to announce that as the result from our recent audit, we have been presented with the Platinum award for excellence in compliance, scoring an amazing 99.5% for the work we do…

Elderly patients could be put at risk by pressure to empty NHS beds, warns social care chief inspector

Elderly patients could be put at risk by pressure to empty NHS beds, warns social care chief inspector

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/18/elderly-patient-could-put-risk-pressure-empty-nhs-beds-warns/ By:Laura Donnelly, health editor  Pressures on hospitals to empty thousands of beds ahead of winter could risk the safety of frail elderly patients, the chief inspector of social care has warned. Andrea Sutcliffe said she was concerned that vulnerable patients would be moved into inadequate facilities, after councils were told funding…

As a senior doctor, I witness the NHS crumbling on a daily basis – I don’t know how much longer it can go on like this

As a senior doctor, I witness the NHS crumbling on a daily basis – I don’t know how much longer it can go on like this

This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nhs-staff-crisis-doctor-shortages-patient-care-suffering-jeremy-hunt-cuts-a8006521.html By: Novika Ramaiya  Doctors are falling asleep at the wheel, emigrating on mass and even committing suicide because of the stress – if the NHS doesn’t start looking after its staff, patients will continue to suffer When I entered the NHS back in the early Nineties as a junior doctor, it…

NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese

NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/17/nhs-provokes-fury-indefinite-surgery-ban-smokers-obese/ By:  Laura Donnelly, health editor  The NHS will ban patients from surgery indefinitely unless they lose weight or quit smoking, under controversial plans drawn up in Hertfordshire. The restrictions – thought to be the most extreme yet to be introduced by health services – immediately came under attack from the Royal College of…