The smartphone will see you now.
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A new diagnostic smartphone app is a modern move for the health provider.
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There appears to be a fundamental mismatch between politicians and clinicians views of the crisis, so here are the facts.
A more caring culture will save lives.
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Seventeen years ago, the Department of Health berated the NHS for not learning lessons about patient safety. What’s changed?
Tell me about your outcomes.
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From April 2017, payments to adult mental health services in the UK must be linked to outcomes. But it’s a bad idea.
The NHS does an awful lot with relatively little.
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Unless the government matches spending by other Western governments, the health service will fail.
Theresa May: not in favour of increasing NHS funding.
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Theresa May shouldn’t look to France, Germany or Switzerland for alternative healthcare models. They have problems of their own.
If only we had a few more recruits.
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Trials into the effectiveness of drugs and treatments struggle to recruit enough participants, yet we rely on their results anyway.
Close-up of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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Poor testing methods and antibiotic use by GPs and urologists has left thousands of women with crippling infections.
Needle match. tension in the court room can push parents away.
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Harsh tales of mothers and fathers thrust into the court system as they seek the best treatment for a sick child are a warning.
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.