Time to take the rough with the smooth.
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Listen up junior doctors, here is your survival guide.
The drug Truvada is used for PrEP treatment.
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A judge has found that NHS England cannot reasonably refuse to fund anti-HIV drugs for gay men. This is a major step forward.
Nurses will have to apply for a student loan.
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More people will go into nursing after bursaries are scrapped, but fewer than the NHS needs.
Worth the effort?
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Some 85% of research into drugs and treatments ends up on the cutting room floor but not all of that should.
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Data-privacy advocates may have won the care.data battle, but it looks like they’re about to lose the war.
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Some good news for UK government policy.
As the UK’s population ages, the pressures on the NHS can only get worse.
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Heavy clouds are on the horizon for NHS England – and older people will suffer the worst in this downpour.
Would monsieur like to pay by Visa or Mastercard?
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Thanks to Brexit the NHS will be under-funded and short-staffed. Also, you might not receive free emergency healthcare if you travel to Europe.
The quantified self.
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To tackle obesity, the NHS is experimenting with financial incentives, dieting clubs and free exercise classes. But what about prescribing digital fitness trackers?
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Migrants have been accused of ‘clogging up the NHS’. But where would the NHS be without them?
Spilling out.
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What will happen to immigration, wages and the economy has been discussed at length. But the price of drugs may also be affected.
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The Alzheimer’s Society is concerned that people with dementia aren’t getting diagnosed soon enough. But there are pros and cons to an early diagnosis.
Who cares wins – or do they?
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The raw ingredients that courses recruiting student nurses should look for are still a matter of debate.
People admitted to hospital on the weekend tend to be sicker.
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While politicians and doctors argue over the data on the weekend effect, it’s important to remember that there are other ways to reduce hospital deaths.
David Cameron deceives us once again.
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The government used careful wording to pull the wool over our eyes about NHS spending.
It’s how big?
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Nobody seems to be questioning the calculations behind the £30 billion NHS funding gap. But there are important consequences if it’s wrong.
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The cost of cancer drugs is killing patients and it needs to stop
A united city deal for Manchester.
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The city of Manchester now has control over it’s NHS budget, but what does this mean in real terms?
Diagnosis download.
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Why is a doctor facing sanctions for voicing his opinions on Twitter?
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The relationship between poetry and doctoring has a strong pedigree, but it has all but dissipated. Here’s why we need it back.