Cervical screening error: More women affected
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Cervical screening error: More women affected

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46520943 By BBC Health news An additional 3,591 women have not received information about NHS cervical cancer screening, it has emerged. Capita, the company contracted to send out the screening invitations, made the discovery while investigating an administrative error already known to have affected 40,000 women in England. NHS England says there…

Type 2 diabetes affects 7,000 under-25s in England and Wales
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Type 2 diabetes affects 7,000 under-25s in England and Wales

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46290849 By BBC Health news There are nearly 7,000 children and young adults under 25 with type 2 diabetes in England and Wales – about 10 times the number reported before, according to Diabetes UK. Its analysis of 2016-17 data found most were being treated in GP practices rather than in…

Major home care provider future ‘at risk’
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Major home care provider future ‘at risk’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46103018 By  Nick Triggle Health correspondent Vital home care services for the elderly and vulnerable could be disrupted, regulators say. The Care Quality Commission has issued a notice saying it has serious doubts about the future of Allied Healthcare. The CQC said it was concerned about its prospects from the end of this…

Plymouth hospital in ‘pioneering’ deal with private health company
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Plymouth hospital in ‘pioneering’ deal with private health company

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45990875 By By Hugh Pym Health editor at BBC Health news A row has broken out over a deal which will see NHS surgeons carrying out operations in a private hospital. It covers all non-urgent orthopaedic surgery at Derriford Hospital, part of University Hospitals Plymouth Trust. A spokesperson for the trust said it…

Two unborn babies’ spines repaired in womb in UK surgery first
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Two unborn babies’ spines repaired in womb in UK surgery first

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45958980 By BBC Health news Two unborn babies have had their spines repaired by surgeons – weeks before they were born. The operations – which are the first ever of their kind in the UK – were carried out by a team of 30 doctors at University College Hospital in London….