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Health secretary instigates ‘carrot and stick’ policy for England that will award bonuses for cutting waiting timesBosses of hospitals with long waiting times or that overspend their budget will be denied pay rises in a tough new drive by Wes Streeting…
Diabetes UK report found the UK spends £10.7bn on diabetes care each year – a figure set to rise to £18bn by 2035Almost a third of deaths from cardiovascular disease in England occur in people with diabetes, according to analysis by a leading charity.A…
Exclusive: RCN’s Nicola Ranger says nurses could ‘bare our teeth’ as they seek restoration of lost earningsNurses deserve a 25% pay rise and may go on strike again unless ministers dramatically improve their “completely unacceptable” 2.8% offer to NHS …
Jim Mackey says state of public finances means country can no longer afford big spending risesMinisters have “maxed out” the amount of money they can give the NHS and it must learn to live with smaller annual budget rises, the health service’s new boss…
Trusts having to ‘think the previously unthinkable’ to make savings demanded by new NHS England bossHospitals in England are cutting staff, closing services and planning to ration care in order to make “eye-watering” savings demanded by NHS bosses.Reha…
The general objective of the proposed regulation, which complements the ongoing revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation, is to strengthen the security of supply and the availability of critical medicines within the EU, thereby ensuring a high level of public health protection.
CHPI thinktank found five firms made an ‘eye-watering’ £169m in 2023-24, as ministers call for contract capProfits made from treating NHS eye patients by five private firms are so large they equal those made by the 100 with private finance initiative (…
About 14% of premature deaths in England attributable to unhealthy food, the most among surveyed countriesConsuming large amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) increases the risk of an early death, according to a international study that has reignited …
‘Shocking blind spot’ in data collection comes despite ‘well-documented racial disparities in maternity care’The NHS is facing criticism for not recording the ethnicity of people who sue it over poor maternity care, despite black, Asian and minority et…
Effective Monday, the agency suspends its proficiency testing program for grade ‘A’ raw milk and finished productsThe Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality-control program for testing fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced ca…