'Run-down' GP surgeries warning
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Hundreds of GP surgeries across the UK are "not fit for purpose", a study suggests.
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GP surgeries may open during evenings and weekends - if a deal is struck between doctors and ministers.
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Campaigns to save local A&E departments from closure could cause many deaths each year, a report warns.
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Laser surgery should not be routinely given to short-sighted patients on the NHS, a watchdog has said.
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Stocks of a powerful painkiller used to treat thousands of NHS patients may run out in the next few weeks, government has warned.
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Campaigners claim a threatened care home has been 'deliberately run down' by a council.
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Patients worried that surgeons may mistakenly operate on the wrong limb or organ can put away the pens and markers. A new device approved for sale yesterday by the Food and Drug
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Specialist hospital units will have to close and moved to super regional hospitals, leading doctors say.
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The rising levels of obesity could bankrupt the NHS if left unchecked, doctors warn.
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Some cosmetic surgery clinics are putting sales before patient safety, warns a consumer watchdog.
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GPs are becoming more distanced from their patients, compromising continuity of care, an opinion poll has revealed.
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as it does often in political circles these days -- there is an assumption that waits for surgery are caused by inadequate resources.
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The government is warning of potential heart problems associated with the use of the painkiller Bextra in people who have recently had heart bypass surgery.
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Campaigners claim a threatened care home has been "deliberately run down" by a council.
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So-called 'polyclinics' should replace single-doctor surgeries, says health minister Lord Darzi.
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Doctors are told too many patients have been let down by poor use of freeze therapy to remove diseased tissue.
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Out-of-hours GP services are suffering because of a lack of funding from regional health bosses, doctors say.