We face a worldwide shortage of medics. Relaxing visa caps for the NHS is just a sticking plaster
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We face a worldwide shortage of medics. Relaxing visa caps for the NHS is just a sticking plaster

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/face-worldwide-shortage-medics-relaxing-visa-caps-nhs-just-sticking/ By Louis Lillywhite Britain’s increased reliance on immigration to bolster the NHS undermines the commitment to improve health care worldwide The Home Office recently announced that doctors and nurses are to be excluded from the cap on visas for skilled workers, thus unblocking the supply of much-needed medical staff to help fill vacancies…

Life as an NHS nurse in the 1940s: ‘You have to forget about yourself’
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Life as an NHS nurse in the 1940s: ‘You have to forget about yourself’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/24/life-as-an-nhs-nurse-in-the-1940s By  Jude Rogers In the first of our series speaking to nurses from each decade of the NHS, Evelyn Lamb, 86, remembers the early months of the service, when money was pouring in The early days of the NHS were so exciting. We never had any doubt that it would work. I was…

Supermarkets targeted in the battle against obesity
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Supermarkets targeted in the battle against obesity

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/24/helm-boseley-health-diet-eating-obesity-policy-eating-sugar-salt-fat By Toby Helm and Sarah Boseley Checkout offer bans and TV advertising watershed are key steps to tackle health crisis New laws to ban shops from offering special “two for the price of one” deals near supermarket checkouts for food high in sugar, fat or salt are to be introduced in an…

Double the number of medical students to keep NHS afloat, health chiefs say
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Double the number of medical students to keep NHS afloat, health chiefs say

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/24/double-number-medical-students-keep-nhs-afloat-health-chiefs/ By  Henry Bodkin  The NHS needs to double the number of medical students in training to avoid collapse, doctors’ leaders have said. Surging obesity and an “explosion” in genomic medicine means the number of new students entering medical school each year should rise to 15,000, according to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). In…

Dementia risk to become part of over NHS Health Check for over 40s
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Dementia risk to become part of over NHS Health Check for over 40s

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.homecare.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1596903/dementia-risk-nhs-check-40s By Sue Learner GPs and nurses will now be able to advise patients over 40 on how they can reduce their dementia risk, as part of the NHS England Health Check. The health check is recommended every five years for people over the age of 40 and the tests include height,…