AN ELDERLY woman died after being left in agony on the freezing floor of a GP car park for more than two hours after falling over. Josephine Ellis, 76, had just attended an appointment at a mobile clinic adjacent to the Hoveton and Wroxham Medical Centre near Norwich, Norfolk. She lost her balance while walking to herContinue reading “A Woman, 76, Dies After Waiting 2 Hours For An Ambulance On The Freezing Floor Of A GP’s Parking Lot”
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GPs Get £20 For Avoiding Hospital Referrals
GPs will receive a £20 ‘bonus’ each time they dodge referring a patient directly to a hospital under a scheme aimed at cutting NHS waiting lists. Ministers say the cash incentives – totalling up to £80 million – will ‘stop masses of people’ being sent to hospital for ‘unnecessary appointments’. But patient groups warn endeavours to ‘massageContinue reading “GPs Get £20 For Avoiding Hospital Referrals”
Wes Streeting Joins Mail’s Life-Saving Campaign
Wes Streeting has declared his backing for a national prostate cancer screening programme in a major boost for the Mail’s campaign. The health secretary told MPs he would like to see the NHS proactively offer men tests for the disease in a move that could prevent thousands of needless deaths. He said he is ‘particularly sympathetic’ to the argument thatContinue reading “Wes Streeting Joins Mail’s Life-Saving Campaign”
A Hospital Writes Off £250 Million In Foreign Debt
Cash-strapped hospitals have written off £256.4 million owed by foreign patients because they forgot to check that they were properly entitled to free NHS treatment. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday reveals escalating deficits from health tourists – who have had everything from spinal surgery to heart care and cancer treatment – is creating a growing black holeContinue reading “A Hospital Writes Off £250 Million In Foreign Debt”
A Fatal Mistake Was Made By A Hospital
When Bonnie’s parents observed a strange bulge on her left arm at the age of five, they took her to the hospital. She was sent home with her arm in a sling after the doctors informed them that it was only a sprain. Two months later, Bonnie’s parents were given the sad news that itContinue reading “A Fatal Mistake Was Made By A Hospital”
DWP To Cut PIP And Other Welfare Payments
Many nationwide will be alarmed by the Labour government’s announcement that it would be slashing billions of pounds from the nation’s welfare bill. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will speak in the House of Commons and is expected to confirm a huge package of cuts to welfare. This is despite growing unrest from Labour MPsContinue reading “DWP To Cut PIP And Other Welfare Payments”
The NHS Refused To Cover Weight Loss Injections
A man reduced to “crying on his knees” after being refused NHS access to weight loss injections has lost nine stone and saved thousands by going private. Grandfather of two, Mark Spurr, 53, has dropped from 30 stone to 21 stone and shaved eight inches off his waist after starting weekly Mounjaro injections eight months ago. TheContinue reading “The NHS Refused To Cover Weight Loss Injections”
Wes Streeting Can’t Figure Out How To Fund Labour’s NHS Hospital Replacement Plan
Plans to replace deteriorating NHS hospitals that could put people at risk from collapsing structures are being shelved by Labour. Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged 40 new hospitals by the end of the decade, but now the plan looks to be in ruins. Labour is set to announce that many of the crumbling NHS hospitals in EnglandContinue reading “Wes Streeting Can’t Figure Out How To Fund Labour’s NHS Hospital Replacement Plan”
NHS Nurses Share Their Harrowing Experiences Of Third World Conditions
In horrifying testimony to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) study, one nurse in the South East of England said a patient had lain dead in a corridor ‘for hours’. Another nurse, in Yorkshire and the Humber, said departments were becoming ‘overwhelmed’ on a daily basis, adding: ‘At its worst, (we are) asking someone toContinue reading “NHS Nurses Share Their Harrowing Experiences Of Third World Conditions”
My Wife Died In My Arms After Her GP Ignored Her Terminal Cancer In An Over-The-Phone Appointment
A mother-of-three was misdiagnosed in an over-the-phone GP appointment, four months before dying of cancer. Her grieving husband, who saw his wife die in his arms, is now demanding that phone consultations with a general practitioner be discontinued. Laura Barlow, 33, was recently wed to her husband Michael when she started to feel unwell, experiencing abdominalContinue reading “My Wife Died In My Arms After Her GP Ignored Her Terminal Cancer In An Over-The-Phone Appointment”
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