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Doctors believe that the NHS should not pay for homeopathy and that it should no longer be considered a medicine by pharmacies. Medics voiced their opinion on the matter at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Brighton conference. They labeled the remedies as ‘nonsense’ and stated that some can even be harmful to patients that choose these [...]  Under new government plans, hospitals will face financial penalties if patients have an emergency within 30 days after they are discharged from an initial stay. Andrew Lansley will unveil the scheme on Tuesday in his first major act as the new health secretary. According to his address, English hospitals will receive pay for initial treatment of [...] Asda started a new price war on High Street this week by announcing that it will sell cancer drugs without a profit. In response, Superdrug and Sainsbury’s announced that they would also offer the meds at cost. Thus, cancer patients without insurance will now be able to save thousands of pounds starting this week. Previously, many [...] There is exciting news about a new test which only takes five minutes, and may be able to prevent up to 5000 people a year from developing cancer of the bowel, which cannot be underestimated as it is the U.K.’s second worst cancer, in terms of number of deaths. It is believed that the one time [...] Routine heart screening tests are utilised by doctors in huge numbers every year across the country in order to search for signs of heart problems and heart disease, but now a new study is warning that this screening may be a complete waste of time and NHS resources. Currently anyone who is aged between 40 and [...] The top managers from the English NHS trusts were given on average pay rises of about seven percent in the 2008-2009 calendar year, as opposed to the much lower average three percent rises offered to nurses according to a new Incomes Data Services report. The report looked at over 380 trusts and discovered that chief executives [...] An independent review is being initiated with regard to organ donations after the NHS transplant authority confirmed that there have been 21 cases in which surgeons removed the wrong organs from respective donors. It is possible that up to 800,000 people who are listed on the UK donor registry have had their preferences regarding which organs [...] Conservatives claim that too many NHS patients in England are being denied the use of new cancer drugs. As a result, the Conservative party is calling [...] Andy Burnham announced new changes to the NHS Constitution that will give patients more rights including the right to start cancer treatment within two weeks if needed. Other changes include free health checks for those that have a high risk of stroke, heart disease, and diabetes. Burnham also stated that he will work with the Marie [...] |
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