Bowel cancer screening uptake ‘must improve’
Bowel cancer screening uptake needs to improve, campaigners say, after figures showed just over half of those eligible in England come forward for the test.
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Britain’s hospital bed crisis is second worst in Europe. . . and we are only marginally better than China
Britain has the second lowest number of hospital beds per head of population among 23 European countries after removing more than 50,000 in the last decade alone.
Mental health trust boosts staff in response to major reports
A West Midlands mental health trust has increased nursing staff numbers in response to the Francis report and other seminal patient safety reports published last year, recent board papers show.
Global Drug Survey 2014: UK has the most delusional drinkers
The UK has the most delusional drinkers, drug-takers and reckless youths than any other country in the world, according to a survey.
Prices Soaring for Specialty Drugs, Researchers Find
The findings echo the conclusions of two other reports released last week by major pharmacy benefit managers, which predicted that spending on so-called specialty drugs would continue to rise.
Thousands of NHS patients ‘abandoned’ after being told they are going blind
Half of eye hospitals offer no emotional or practical help to those who are told they are going blind, with tens of thousands of people abandoned each year after being told their sight cannot be saved, according to new research.
NHS faces new cash crisis after 2015 election as budget freeze risks leaving hospitals in the red
The health policy think-tank reported that two-thirds of NHS finance directors feared their hospital would go into deficit between 2015 and 2016, with another one in five uncertain about the future.
Study suggests link between fall in salt intake and drop in heart attack deaths
Declining consumption of salt in recent years has been the key factor in the large fall in the number of people dying from a heart attack or stroke, research published today claims.
UK drug company Glaxo ‘paid bribes to Polish doctors’
UK drug company GlaxoSmithKline is facing a criminal investigation in Poland for allegedly bribing doctors, BBC Panorama has discovered.
Second British woman ‘tired of life’ helped to die by Swiss suicide clinic aged 99
The woman, who was 99 and from London, was not ill or disabled and simply chose to end her life. It comes after a retired art teacher committed suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland after she grew weary of the pace of modern life and how technology was changing society.