Calls to scrap ‘immoral’ NHS fee for foreign staff
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Calls to scrap ‘immoral’ NHS fee for foreign staff

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/20/calls-scrap-plans-nhs-fee-foreign-staff-health-surcharge By Denis Campbell and Lisa O’Carroll Exclusive: medical associations say surcharge rise will worsen staffing crisis Boris Johnson’s plans to charge foreign staff who help save British lives £625 a year to use the NHS will worsen its staffing crisis, doctors’ and nurses’ leaders have warned. They have reacted with dismay over the…

Common arthritis drugs could block spread of breast cancer, study suggests
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Common arthritis drugs could block spread of breast cancer, study suggests

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This article was taken from: https://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-20/common-arthritis-drugs-could-block-spread-of-breast-cancer-study-suggests/ By ITV News Simple arthritis drugs used on the NHS could help stop breast cancer spreading, research suggests. Scientists propose that arthritis drugs anakinra, canakinumab and sulfasalazine could be re-purposed to help block cancer reaching bones. Research teams from the University of Manchester and the University of Sheffield discovered…

Old age: Why 70 may be the new 65
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Old age: Why 70 may be the new 65

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50472775 By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online It may be time to rethink how we measure and define old age in the UK because more people are surviving into their late 80s and beyond, say experts. The Office for National Statistics team says although 65 has traditionally been seen as the…

NHS to pay doctors’ tax bills in attempt to avert a winter crisis
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NHS to pay doctors’ tax bills in attempt to avert a winter crisis

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/18/nhs-pay-doctors-tax-bills-attempt-avert-winter-crisis/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Doctors will have their tax bills paid by the NHS in a bid to avert a winter crisis caused by understaffing. Thousands of medics will be offered an emergency deal, amid growing concern about the number of consultants refusing to work overtime because they are…

Britain’s ‘unprecedented’ drug shortage
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Britain’s ‘unprecedented’ drug shortage

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50465563 By Adrian Goldberg “You know when your washing machine first starts spinning and then it goes really fast to get hot – I feel like I’m on a superfast spin.” Michele Reynolds Cole, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, is telling me what it’s like to live without Gabitril, the…