‘Roll out home-testing kits for cervical cancer virus’
Women should be given home-testing kits as soon as possible for the virus that causes 99% of cervical cancer, a charity has said.
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More patients could sue NHS over long waits – report
More patients may suffer harm and sue the NHS as waiting times for treatment continue to grow, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.
More NHS patients could sue over long waits says report
More patients may suffer harm and sue the NHS as waiting times for treatment continue to grow, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.
Third of hospitals hit capacity over winter, figures show
Almost a third of NHS hospitals in England hit maximum capacity at least once this winter, figures show.
Leonard claims NHS facing staffing crisis
Nicola Sturgeon has denied Labour claims of a staffing crisis in the NHS, saying record numbers of people are employed in the Scottish health service.
Emergency readmissions to hospital hit record high
Hundreds of thousands of patients were readmitted to hospital as an emergency last year within 30 days of being discharged.
Not enough GPs and nurses to meet demand, say think-tanks
The NHS is unable to train enough GPs and nurses to meet demand and the situation is at crisis point, leading health experts have warned.
NHS England criticised over lack of consultation on A&E targets
NHS England has been accused of trying to abandon key targets because they can no longer be met.
‘Systemic problems’ with governance at Glasgow superhospital, MSPs told
Communication between infection control doctors and nurses at a hospital where several patients died was not good, a Holyrood committee has been told.
NHS trusts ‘struggling to source expanding list of drugs’ amid Brexit confusion
NHS trusts are struggling to get hold of an expanding list of drugs amid uncertainty over the UK’s future relationship with the EU, health leaders have warned.
Fewer UK doctors joined medical register in 2018 than those trained overseas
Fewer UK graduates joined the medical register last year than doctors who trained outside the country, figures show.