Practice nurses to give advice on dementia risk in health check
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Practice nurses to give advice on dementia risk in health check

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This article was taken from: https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/primary-care/practice-nurses-to-give-advice-on-dementia-risk-in-health-check/7024902.article By Tom de Catella Practice nurses and other staff at GP surgeries will soon be required to give advice on dementia risk as part of the NHS Health Check, which is offered to patients from middle age. Public Health England has added dementia to the list of conditions to…

HPV vaccine has led to ‘significant drop’ in cervical cancer rates among UK women, study reveals
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HPV vaccine has led to ‘significant drop’ in cervical cancer rates among UK women, study reveals

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This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/hpv-cervical-cancer-rates-significant-drop-nhs-public-health-england-study-a8403176.html By Sally Wardle Girls are offered their first HPV jabs in year 8 A new study has shown the success of the Human Papilloma Virus(HPV) vaccine programme in significantly reducing the number of young women carrying potentially life-threatening infections. The majority of cervical cancer cases are caused by HPV 16 and HPV 18…

Hospital waiting list in England highest since 2007
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Hospital waiting list in England highest since 2007

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44445303 By BBC News The number of people waiting for a hospital operation in England is at its highest for more than a decade An estimated 4.2m people are waiting to be seen – the highest since 2007. April’s figures also showed growing numbers waiting more than 18 weeks, the treatment…

NHS ‘will need to build 80 more hospitals without fundamental reforms’
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NHS ‘will need to build 80 more hospitals without fundamental reforms’

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/13/nhs-will-need-build-80-hospitals-without-fundamental-reforms/ By  Laura Donnelly, health editor The NHS would need to build 80 hospitals in the next decade just to keep up with demand,  unless it makes radical reforms, the head of its watchdog says. Ian Dalton, head of NHS Improvement, said fundamental changes in the way services are delivered were needed to ensure…

Thousands of UK visa applications by doctors refused, figures show
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Thousands of UK visa applications by doctors refused, figures show

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/12/uk-visa-applications-doctors-thousands-refused-figures-show-nhs By Haroon Siddique Only one-third of requests by overseas medics accepted, despite NHS staff shortages More than 2,300 visa applications by doctors looking to work in the UK have been refused in five months, official figures show. There were 3,597 requests from doctors for tier 2 visas between 6 November and…