‘Alarming’ failings in cancer care fuel premature breast cancer deaths
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‘Alarming’ failings in cancer care fuel premature breast cancer deaths

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/27/alarming-failings-cancer-care-fuel-premature-breast-cancer-deaths/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor  Women are twice as likely to die from breast cancer in some parts of the country amid “alarming” failings by NHS services, experts have warned. A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer reveals a “postcode lottery” in screening, diagnosis and death rates from the…

BEAST FROM THE EAST: NHS warns people to stay well and stock up as Siberian weather arrives

BEAST FROM THE EAST: NHS warns people to stay well and stock up as Siberian weather arrives

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/beast-from-the-east-nhs-warns-people-to-stay-well-and-stock-up-as-siberian-weather-arrives-1-9037453 By Weather reporter The NHS is urging people across the North East and North Cumbria to take care of themselves and their neighbours as freezing weather blows in this week. Cold weather can be very harmful to health and around 25,000 more people die over the course of each winter compared…

UK’s longest serving nurse retires after 66 years of caring for NHS patients

UK’s longest serving nurse retires after 66 years of caring for NHS patients

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/25/uks-longest-serving-nurse-retires-66-years-caring-nhs-patients-7341202/ By Nicole Morley Metro News  The UK’s longest serving nurse who started when the NHS was just four has retired – after an astonishing 66 years saving lives. Monica Bulman, 84, a Registered General Nurse (RGN), worked on Hutchings ward at Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon as part of the specialist outpatient…

Mini tumours grown in lab are breakthrough for medicine tests

Mini tumours grown in lab are breakthrough for medicine tests

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/mini-tumours-grown-in-lab-are-breakthrough-for-medicine-tests-11262358 By Thomas Moore, Science Correspondent The tests could tell doctors which treatment would be most effective, and avoid putting patients through unnecessary suffering. Scientists have successfully grown mini versions of patients’ tumours in a lab – and then tested them against dozens of drugs to find the best possible treatment. The…

NHS England has one in 11 posts unfilled

NHS England has one in 11 posts unfilled

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/21/nhs-england-has-one-in-11-posts-unfilled By Haroon Siddique Shortage of almost 100,000 staff is affecting performance, says NHS Improvement One in 11 posts in NHS England are currently unfilled, equivalent to almost 100,000 vacancies, official figures show. The number of vacancies was published for the first time in NHS Improvement’s quarterly performance report for the three months ending 31 December….