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The government’s goal of moving care from hospitals into neighbourhood health hubs is at risk because community services are under too much strain, the health and care regulator says. In its annual report, the Care Quality Commission said waiting times were too long and staffing too stretched in areas such as mental health, GP care…
NHS scan delays putting some pregnant women at risk, experts warn
In England, where there are 1,821 sonographers, vacancy rates have doubled since 2019 – from 12% to 24%, their analysis found. In the south east of England, 38% of posts were vacant, with 30% vacant in the North West. Only 11% were unfilled in the North East and Yorkshire.
Moment of reckoning needed in social care, says Louise Casey
In 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.
Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning. Children are, on average, nine times more likely than adults to vape, it says, based on available global figures. The WHO’s Dr…
