by Chris Rogers | 2 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
The Government have announced that visitors and migrants who use NHS accident and emergency services in England are to be charged. The move is part of an extension of the NHS charging strategy intended to deter so-called health tourists while trying to recoup up to...
by Chris Rogers | 2 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
The Government has launched a new public health campaign in England calling on families to make simple foods swaps such as switching to diet drinks. People who sign up to the Smart Swaps campaign will receive money-off vouchers towards their groceries. Mail...
by Chris Rogers | 19 Nov 2013 | Uncategorized
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce monthly mandatory reporting of numbers of staff on hospital wards, although he will reject a fixed minimum nurse-patient ratio. He will propose that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence draw up a ‘toolkit’...
by Chris Rogers | 19 Nov 2013 | Uncategorized
The Reform think tank has called for the Government to consider extending prescription charges, as well as introducing new charges on visits to NHS GP surgeries and some elements of hospital care. Reform claimed that new charges on a greater range of prescriptions...
by Chris Rogers | 19 Nov 2013 | Uncategorized
Health experts have called for the public to be given vaccination record cards and advised it is their civic duty to get immunised. the UK International Longevity Centre have warned that increasing migration, an ageing population and the growth of antibiotic...
