This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45943884 By Hugh Pym, Health editor at BBC News Will there be a bleak winter for the NHS? A cycle of perpetual winter crises and the NHS running on empty – these are the latest warnings coming from groups in England representing hospitals and doctors. That sounds rather familiar for this time…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/22/antimicrobial-antibiotic-resistance-must-be-policy-priority-for-uk-government-say-mps By Press Association at the Guardian Global death toll from antimicrobial-resistant infections expected to rise to 10m a year by 2050 Tackling antimicrobial resistance needs to become a top-five policy priority for the government in order to help prevent the virtual loss of modern medicine, MPs have said. A report by…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45861468 By BBC Health news GPs in England are being given permission to prescribe patients “social” activities, such as dance classes, to tackle loneliness. The strategy, announced by Prime Minister Theresa May, will also see postal delivery workers checking in on isolated people during their rounds. The government says about 200,000…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45850140 By BBC Health News Patients claiming free prescriptions in England face checks before medicine is issued in an effort to stamp out fraud. Prescription fraud currently costs the NHS in England an estimated £256m a year. A new digitised system to be piloted next year will mean pharmacies can instantly…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45783005 By Darren McKenzie The NHS is huge. It’s the world’s fifth-biggest employer and around 10% of government spending in the UK goes on it, so it’s easy to get bogged down by the numbers. So let’s break it down. What does the NHS do in a single day? Figures given to…