Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Stroke survivors 'being denied best recovery chance'

Many stroke survivors feel abandoned after they leave hospital and are being denied the chance to make the best recovery because of a lack of post-hospital care, a report suggests.

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Topics: Strokes, Doctors, Care at Home, Hospitals

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Third of asthmatics risk a fatal attack, study suggests

A third of people with asthma are at a high risk of having a potentially fatal asthma attack, research suggests

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Topics: Doctors, Drugs, General, Health, Asthma

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Consultation over language tests for foreign doctors

Doctors wanting to work for the NHS will have to prove they are fluent in English if proposals go ahead. BBC news Website

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Topics: Doctors, General, Health, Hospitals, Improving Services

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Health cuts: Welsh NHS Confederation says reform needed to save more cash

The NHS in Wales can not cut its costs further without making radical hospital reforms, according to the body representing health boards and trusts.

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Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

NHS bill: GPs offer to help with health changes

The Royal College of GPs has indicated it is willing to work again with the government on implementing changes to the NHS in England, it has emerged.

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Topics: Doctors, Health, NHS

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Care home residents 'denied basic GP medical services'

Some doctors are refusing to visit elderly care home residents, a BBC investigation has found. BBC Website

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Topics: Care Homes, Doctors, Elderly, General, Health, New Research

Monday, February 13th, 2012

How doctors choose to die

When faced with a terminal illness, medical professionals, who know the limits of modern medicine, often opt out of life-prolonging treatment. An American doctor explains why the best death can be the least medicated – and the art of dying peacefully, at home

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Topics: Doctors

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

NHS reform bill: Royal College of GPs urges scrapping

The Royal College of GPs has called for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England.

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Topics: Doctors, Health, NHS, Politics

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Private firm starts running NHS Hinchingbrooke Hospital

A private firm has become the first to start running an NHS hospital.

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Topics: Doctors, Health, Hospitals, NHS Trusts, NHS

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Plans for NHS in England an unholy mess, say journals

Changes to the NHS in England have created an "unholy mess", the editors of three leading journals have said.

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Topics: Doctors, General, Hospitals, Health, Money, NHS, Nurses, NHS Trusts

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Serco plans to change GP out-of-hours service on hold

Plans to change Cornwall's out-of-hours doctor service have been put on hold.

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Topics: Doctors, General, Nurses

Friday, January 20th, 2012

West Cornwall Hospital 24/7 urgent care cover proposal

Plans for a 24-hour doctor-led Urgent Care Centre at a hospital in west Cornwall are being proposed.

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Topics: Doctors, General, Hospitals, NHS

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

NHS plans: Unions move to 'outright opposition'

The unions representing nurses and midwives have joined others in stating their "outright opposition" to the government's NHS plans in England.

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Topics: Care, Doctors, General, NHS, NHS Trusts, Nurses, Money

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

MPs doubt supermarket scheme to spot carers

Using supermarkets to identify carers has been described as a "bemusing" and "nonsense headline-grabbing idea" by members of the health select committee.

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Topics: Care at Home, Doctors, General, Health, Care

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Serco debates out-of-hours change in Cornwall

A change in the out-of-hours doctor service for people in Bude is to be discussed by health officials.

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Topics: Doctors, Health

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Morning flu jabs 'work better for men'

Flu jabs can be made more effective by changing the time of day they are given - mornings for men and afternoons for women are best - scientists believe. BBC News Website

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Topics: Doctors, General, Health, NHS, New Research, Drugs

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Over-40s health check provision in England 'patchy'

The provision of health MOTs for the over-40s in England has been "slow and patchy", says a UK charity. BBC News Website

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Topics: Health, Doctors, NHS, NHS Trusts, New Research

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

New GP registration system tested

Some patients in England will be able to switch GPs so they can register close to work, under a new pilot agreed between doctors and the government. BBC Website

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Topics: Doctors, Care, Health

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Doctors told to do more to keep the long-term ill employed

Politically sensitive draft GMC guidance says doctors should enourage patients to stay in or return to work. From the the guardian news website

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Topics: Health, General, NHS, Doctors