Government to offer NHS staff 6.5% pay rise if they forfeit day’s holiday
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Government to offer NHS staff 6.5% pay rise if they forfeit day’s holiday

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/08/nhs-staff-set-to-win-65-pay-rise-but-must-forfeit-days-holiday-in-return By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Exclusive: £3.3bn deal nears for staff in England, eight years after last meaningful pay rise The government is set to offer around 1 million NHS staff a 6.5% pay rise over the next three years but is insisting that health workers give up a day’s holiday in return for…

Hospital admission waiting times at record levels
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Hospital admission waiting times at record levels

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://news.sky.com/story/hospital-admission-waiting-times-at-record-levels-11280393 By Sky News In just one month, 1,043 people in England waited half a day to move from A&E to a ward, figures described “disturbing”. More than 1,000 people had to wait more than 12 hours to be admitted after being seen at A&E in January, as waiting times reached…

Hundreds of lung cancer patients may be dying early each year

Hundreds of lung cancer patients may be dying early each year

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/07/hundreds-of-lung-cancer-patients-may-be-dying-early-each-year By Nicola Davis More than 800 die prematurely each year due to disparities in treatment across England, research suggests Hundreds of lung cancer patients may be dying prematurely every year as a result of disparities in rates of treatment across England, new research suggests. The team behind the study say more…

Hundreds of mental health patients died after NHS care failures
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Hundreds of mental health patients died after NHS care failures

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/05/hundreds-of-mental-health-patients-dying-after-nhs-care-failures By Pamela Duncan, Denis Campbell and Anna Bawden At least 271 highly vulnerable mental health patients have died over the last six years after failings in NHS care, a Guardian investigation has found. Coroners have been so alarmed at the lapses in care that emerged during inquests that they issued legal warnings to 136 NHS…

Mental health patients treated far from home ‘less likely to recover’

Mental health patients treated far from home ‘less likely to recover’

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/01/mental-health-patients-treated-far-from-home-less-likely-to-recover By Denis Campbell  NHS watchdog expresses concern over wellbeing of thousands of patients and cost to NHS of ‘out of area’ care Thousands of people with serious mental health problems are being locked up in treatment units far away from their homes, and left isolated and less likely to recover, the…