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Posted onIn her speech, she described two NHS hospital trusts that tried to set up their own care services but discovered they could not make it “stack up” financially because anyone working in the NHS is better paid, and has better terms and conditions, than care staff.
Pharmacies to offer flu spray vaccination to toddlers in England
Posted onCatherine SnowdonHealth Producer Getty Images Thousands of pharmacies in England will offer free NHS flu spray doses to toddlers for the first time this year. The vaccination is given via a child’s nose and two and three-year-olds could previously access them at their GP surgery. Around 4,000 pharmacies have signed up to deliver the vaccine…
Increase and protect school funding for special needs, MPs urge
Posted onIn a report, she wrote: “The government should look closely at its plans for SEND funding, particularly the discrepancies between local authorities, the potential to ringfence budgets, and investment in early years to prevent children’s needs escalating.”
Best and worst-performing NHS Trusts in England named
Posted onHugh PymHealth editor, BBC News Getty Images New league tables rating the performance of NHS trusts in England have been published for the first time, with specialist hospitals taking the top slots. Number one is Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, followed by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and cancer centre the Christie…
GTA 6: Can you cheat on someone with a video game character?
Posted onFor decades, video games have allowed players to build relationships with non-player characters, or NPCs. Gamers could marry villagers in Harvest Moon in 1996, shape emotional storylines in Final Fantasy VII and pursue more complex romances in role-playing games like Baldur’s Gate II. In life simulator The Sims, they could flirt, date, marry and have…
