Health News

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Steve Barclay admits some new hospitals won't be brand new

The health secretary says the 40 new hospitals promised by 2030 cover a "range" of building work.

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NHS struggling to provide safe cancer care, say senior doctors

Staff shortages are driving up waiting times in all four UK nations, the Royal College of Radiologists says.

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Impacts Rugby players as well of course. I believe Kolisi is recovering from his operation back in May. Doubt it was a full rupture if he is due back in time for the RWC, but have my doubts how match fit he will be.

 

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More than 1.3bn adults will have diabetes by 2050, study predicts

Number worldwide expected to double, with rises in every country and across every age group

www.theguardian.com

Runs in my family.

 

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Why spending more on hospitals won't fix the NHS

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

Good article if you can access it behind the paywall. Basically arguing that the NHS has become the National Hospital Service rather than National Health service and not giving enough resources to primary care regardless of what Rishi is attempting to do with his so called Plan.

The days of relying on it for everything are long gone and peeps have to take preemptive action of looking after themselves more in terms of what they eat/drink and exercise.

 

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The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

Try https://archive.ph/H5sPe#selection-1081.116-1081.289.

I particularly like the line “We need to give people more and we need to expect more from people. Instead of a model of medical experts handing pills to passive patients, there should be a partnership.”. There are far too many people who seem to think that they can do whatever they want to their bodies with impunity and that the magic pill-dispensing people will wave a magic wand and make it all better. The bit about sweating assets like MRI scanners is one that I've made many times in the past too.

 

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Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air

Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year

www.theguardian.com

 

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Try https://archive.ph/H5sPe#selection-1081.116-1081.289.

I particularly like the line “We need to give people more and we need to expect more from people. Instead of a model of medical experts handing pills to passive patients, there should be a partnership.”. There are far too many people who seem to think that they can do whatever they want to their bodies with impunity and that the magic pill-dispensing people will wave a magic wand and make it all better. The bit about sweating assets like MRI scanners is one that I've made many times in the past too.

While I agree people need to look after themselves more, I don't agree with money wouldn't help. They have underfunded the NHS for years and I honestly think it's on purpose to let it die. It's the typical tory pattern: Defund, demoralise, sell off.

If the NHS goes, loads will die as many have very serious conditions that they simply won't be able to afford. That I'm sure of. Privatisation doesn't and has never worked.

 

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72-hour doctor strike to cause extreme disruption

Three-day joint walkout by junior doctors and consultants begins on Monday as pay dispute escalates.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Prostate cancer trial: Radiotherapy doses can be cut safely

Experts say the findings could lead to "enormous change" in the way the treatment is delivered.

www.bbc.co.uk