NHS bosses: Benefit stress driving mental health care demand
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NHS bosses: Benefit stress driving mental health care demand

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/08/nhs-bosses-benefit-stress-driving-mental-health-care-demand By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Universal credit and welfare changes have ‘high impact’ on treatment needs, report says NHS bosses have warned that people left stressed and unable to cope as a result of changes to their benefits are adding to the rising demand for mental health care. The benefits system shake-up…

How fast is the ambulance service where you live?
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How fast is the ambulance service where you live?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47362797 By  Nick Triggle and Christine Jeavans The most critically-injured patients in rural areas are at risk due to the time it takes the ambulance service to reach them, a BBC investigation has found. Some rural communities wait more than 20 minutes on average for 999 crews or trained members of the…

Is it time for ‘smear test’ to be rebranded?
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Is it time for ‘smear test’ to be rebranded?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47445785 By  Nick Triggle Health correspondent The government has launched its first cervical screening advertising campaign in England, as the number of women having checks has hit a 20-year low. The campaign – being run by Public Health England – has avoided the term “smear test” amid concern it may be putting people…

Doctors need training in how to ask grieving parents for their children’s organs says NHS, as number of donations plateau
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Doctors need training in how to ask grieving parents for their children’s organs says NHS, as number of donations plateau

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/04/doctors-need-training-ask-grieving-parents-childrens-organs/ By Sophie Barnes Doctors need training in how to ask grieving parents for their children’s organs NHS Blood and Transplant has said, as the number of organ donations has plateaued. Parents are being urged by the blood and transplant service to consider organ donation when their child dies as new figures show the…

Parkinson’s patients have tubes placed in brain in protein study
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Parkinson’s patients have tubes placed in brain in protein study

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/27/parkinsons-patients-tube-implant-study-drug-delivery-system By Press Association New drug-delivery system could also be used to treat brain tumours and strokes People with Parkinson’s disease have been fitted with an implant that can deliver drugs directly to the brain through a port in the side of their head, in a pioneering study. The device was…