Search results for ‘Department of Health’
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FactCheck: Is NHS spending still in the black?
The Government has promised to increase real-terms spending on the NHS. But experts say spending is already falling, and only a tinker with the figures can save the Coalition’s blushes.
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Hospital ‘abuse’ prompts Government review
The Government has ordered an urgent review into the “inhumane” treatment of people with learning disabilities at a residential hospital in Bristol. Channel 4 News looks at the questions being asked.
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Cash crisis threat to 750 care homes
Care home provider Southern Cross cuts its rent payments by a third as the firm struggles to keep its 750 residential homes open for business.
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Prisoner given permission to father baby behind bars
Justice Minister Ken Clarke has ordered a review into the case of a prisoner who was granted permission to artificially inseminate his partner while serving his sentence.
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Young and middle-aged hit hardest by flu
As new figures show a rise in the number of flu deaths, a world-renowned influenza expert tells Channel 4 News the Government’s decision to axe a flu ad campaign was a “big mistake”.
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Pharmacist stress could put patients at risk
One in three pharmacists is so stressed and overburdened with paperwork that their service to patients is affected, potentially putting patient safety at risk, Channel 4 News learns.
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NHS faces ‘perfect storm’
Hospital waiting times are at a three year high and the percentage of patients waiting longer than four hours in accident and emergency rose sharply at the end of 2010, reports Victoria Macdonald.
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MoD secret files bungle: redaction to retraction
The MoD scrambled to remove online documents containing secret information about nuclear submarines which it accidentally published, despite having guidelines that would have prevented the error.
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An Englishman, a Welshman and a Scotsman go to a pharmacy…
Channel 4 News looks at how patients with multiple ailments in England could face massive and at times unaffordable prescriptions where elsewhere in the UK charges are now abolished.
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Bringing competition – and the EU – into the NHS
When Ed Miliband challenged David Cameron over the NHS and EU competition policy in the Commons, it wasn’t just the PM who was confused. But did the Opposition leader have a point? FactCheck investigates.
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Doctors call on Government to scrap NHS reforms
Doctors have urged the Health Secretary to abandon plans for a radical overhaul of the NHS. But the BMA stopped short of embarrassing Andrew Lansley further with a vote of no confidence.
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Painful contractions – Cameron breaks his promise on midwives
The Claim “We are going to make our midwives’ lives a lot easier… we will increase the number of midwives by 3,000.” David Cameron
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NHS reform: regulation is ‘slack’
Doctors are worried that NHS reforms do not include enough checks and balances to make sure patients are getting the best service, Channel 4 News understands.
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NHS reform could ‘destroy patient-doctor trust’
Conflict of interest fears in the NHS reforms could “utterly destroy” the trust between doctors and patients, the Patients Association tells Channel 4 News, as doctors also raise concerns.
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Leaked document shows how doctors can profit from NHS reform
A Channel 4 News investigation reveals that under the reforms of the NHS, GPs could end up making decisions based on profit rather than the clinical needs of the patient.