While all eyes look to Brexit, our NHS is about to collapse

While all eyes look to Brexit, our NHS is about to collapse

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/17/brexit-nhs-collapse-nurses-leave-flu-epidemic-hospitals By:Polly Toynbee  A perfect storm is looming as nurses leave their profession in droves. If a flu epidemic hits this winter, how will our hospitals cope? Brexit casts its shroud over everything. The no-dealers grow more wild-eyed by the day; though sterling drops, prices rise. Chris Grayling says we can dig…

NHS data loss scandal deepens with further 162,000 files missing

NHS data loss scandal deepens with further 162,000 files missing

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/16/nhs-data-loss-scandal-deepens-with-162000-more-files-missing By: ajeev Syal and Denis Campbell Monday 16 October 2017 22.27 BST Revelation that further documents are missing was made at inquiry into disappearance of original 702,000 pieces of paperwork The scandal over the biggest ever loss of NHS medical correspondence has deepened with the revelation that a further 162,000 documents went missing, on top of the 702,000…

Midwife shortage blamed for lowest proportion of home births in 16 years

Midwife shortage blamed for lowest proportion of home births in 16 years

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/16/midwife-shortage-blamed-lowest-proportion-home-births-16-years/ By: Henry Bodkin 16 OCTOBER 2017 • 2:54PM Home births have fallen to their lowest level in sixteen years, new figures reveal, as health leaders say cuts to midwife numbers are restricting choice for parents. Data from the Office for National Statistics show that just 2.1 per cent of mothers gave birth at…

NHS staff to quiz patients on sexual orientation

NHS staff to quiz patients on sexual orientation

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/14/nhs-staff-quiz-patients-sexual-orientation/ By: Nicola Harley  15 OCTOBER 2017 • 8:50AM Patients visiting their GPs or hospitals in England for face to face appointments are to be asked about their sexual orientation in new guidelines being issued by the NHS. For the first time medics are being told to ask patients who are over…

Traditional family doctors dying out due to years of underfunding, Jeremy Hunt admits

Traditional family doctors dying out due to years of underfunding, Jeremy Hunt admits

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/12/traditional-family-doctors-dying-due-years-underfunding-jeremy/ By: Henry Bodkin  12 OCTOBER 2017 • 4:27PM The traditional family doctor risks dying out due to a surge of burnt-out GPs fleeing the profession, Jeremy Hunt has warned. The Health Secretary said decades of underfunding meant the “magic” of seeing a doctor who remembered their patients’ names was now under threat. Reiterating…