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Andy GiddingsShropshire and Victoria ScheerLeeds Getty Images The “rapid review” is now focusing on 12 English NHS trusts, with a report due by December Two NHS trusts have been removed from a review of maternity failings across England. Trusts in Shropshire and Leeds have been dropped from the government’s rapid reviews of “failures in the…
Hundreds of hospice beds unused amid financial crisis
Some 380 hospice beds out of around 2,000 lie empty in England because of financial pressures, say bosses. Hospice UK has told BBC News this is up from 300 a year ago and illustrates the severe challenges facing the sector. Beds are left empty to save money – since staffing and caring is costly –…
Galleri test: Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers
A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer could help speed up diagnosis according to a new study. Results of a trial in north America show that the test was able to identify a wide range of cancers, of which three quarters don’t have any form of screening programme. More than half the…
Doctors strike called off in Scotland as union backs latest pay deal
Getty Images The British Medical Association union is recommending members accept a ew pay deal Scotland’s resident doctors have called off a planned four-day strike over pay. They had been set to go on the first national walkout staged by NHS workers on Tuesday, having accused ministers of going back on promises over pay. But…
Bailiffs used to pursue NHS staff over pay errors
A spokesperson for NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, which provides payroll services to NHS staff in Wales, said “in line with NHS Wales recovery of overpayments guidance, debt collection agencies may be used as a last resort when all local attempts to recover outstanding public monies have been exhausted”.
