NHS winter crisis fears grow after thousands of EU staff quit
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NHS winter crisis fears grow after thousands of EU staff quit

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/24/nhs-winter-crisis-thousands-eu-staff-quit By Michael Savage Mass resignations after Brexit vote compound health staffing shortages More than 10,000 EU nationals have left the NHS since the Brexit referendum, including almost 5,000 nurses. These new figures will add fuel to concerns about a wider staffing crisis. So far this year more than 3,250 EU staff…

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

Byangie vallejo

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…

The NHS needs more than just cash. It needs major reform too
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The NHS needs more than just cash. It needs major reform too

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/04/nhs-health-service-uk-politicise By Simon Jenkins An NHS boss says just show them the money, don’t ‘politicise’ the health service this election. But its problems run deeper Don’t politicise the NHS say the health professionals. Let us get on with the job. The health service providers’ chief executive, Chris Hopson, pleads for the health…

Head injuries: Cheap drug ‘could save thousands of lives a year’
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Head injuries: Cheap drug ‘could save thousands of lives a year’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49977827 By BBC Health News A cheap and widely available drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year worldwide if it was routinely given to people brought into hospital with head injuries, UK doctors say. Tranexamic acid helps stop bleeding in and around the brain when blood vessels…

Prescribed Zantac heartburn medicine recall in UK
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Prescribed Zantac heartburn medicine recall in UK

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49977829 By BBC Health News UK doctors are being told to stop prescribing four types of a heartburn medication called Zantac or ranitidine as a “precautionary measure”. t follows concern in several countries that products may contain an impurity that has been linked to cancer. The four being recalled are Zantac 150mg/10ml…