Medical economics
Urgent work needed to tackle 'substantial' digital health inequality, study recommends
Millions of people are suffering from digital health inequality because of poverty, experts have warned.
Dec 1, 2023
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Health
Retired nurses return to boost flagging UK health sector
Briton Debs Helps retired earlier this year and could have been enjoying a well-deserved rest after a busy nursing career.
Nov 23, 2023
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Medical economics
UK hospitals accused of exploiting foreign doctors in fellowship schemes
English hospital trusts have been accused of using foreign doctors as "cheap labor" as part of fellowship schemes in which they can be paid less than trust-employed doctors and sent home if they become pregnant, an investigation ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Genetics
Whole genome sequencing could transform the management of health care-associated infections
An economic model by bioinformatics company Genpax published in Microbial Genomics concludes that in England the National Health Service (NHS) could save close to £0.5bn and prevent 1,200 avoidable deaths, and the US health ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Health
Study supports government initiative to give free vapes to disadvantaged people who want to quit smoking
A government scheme to give out free vapes to smokers appeals to most but not all, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Aug 6, 2023
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Health
Britain's public health service at 75: on life support?
Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain's National Health Service (NHS) on Wednesday marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world's first universal, free healthcare system.
Jul 4, 2023
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Health
UK govt vows huge recruitment drive for England health service
The National Health Service (NHS) in England will get more than 300,000 staff under a new plan announced by the government on Friday to deal with a chronic shortage of doctors and nurses.
Jun 30, 2023
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Health
Hospital doctors in England to stage five-day strike
Hospital doctors in England on Friday announced the longest strike in the history of the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), in an ongoing row over pay.
Jun 23, 2023
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Medications
England eyes expanding access to weight-loss drugs
Doctors in England's state-run health service could soon be allowed to prescribe more people with obesity weight-loss drugs under a new pilot scheme, the government said Wednesday.
Jun 7, 2023
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Health
UK unveils pharmacies plan to ease NHS pressure
Britain's pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe drugs that were previously only authorized by doctors, under government plans unveiled Tuesday to ease pressure on the state-run National Health Service.
May 9, 2023
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