by Sam | 16 Apr 2014 | Uncategorized
A study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found Britain has the second lowest number of hospital beds per capita among 23 European nations. Since 2001, over 50,000 NHS hospital beds have been lost in England, whilst levels of overcrowding...
by Sam | 10 Apr 2014 | Uncategorized
Rethink Mental Illness has published a new report with the London School of Economics which has found that more cases of psychosis and schizophrenia now end up in hospital rather than being treated in the community. The report said it costs on average £13 a day to...
by Sam | 4 Apr 2014 | Creative Industries, media and technology, Outsourcing
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published a new register which lists the names of the companies that have had access to patient data since April 2013. The data shows how private healthcare firms including Bupa and pharmaceutical companies such as...
by Sam | 31 Mar 2014 | Uncategorized
The General Medical Council (GMC) has called on the Government to take a “once in a generation opportunity” to change the law to prevent dangerous doctors returning to practising medicine. The regulator is calling for new arrangements that would see a mutual agreement...
by Sam | 31 Mar 2014 | Health, Whitehouse News
A new poll conducted for the Whitehouse Consultancy by ComRes, which showed that more than half of Britons wouldn’t support a charge for GP appointments, has been reported in The Observer – with a new report from the Reform think-tank, written by former...
