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

Byangie vallejo

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…

NHS groups welcome immigration change for doctors and nurses
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NHS groups welcome immigration change for doctors and nurses

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44477095 By BBC Health News NHS groups have welcomed the decision to relax immigration rules to allow more doctors and nurses from outside the EU into the UK. The Home Office said foreign medics would be excluded from the government’s cap on skilled migration. NHS bosses said it would be a…

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

Byangie vallejo

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…