Search results for ‘Department of Health’
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Drug resistant superbug threatens UK hospitals
Efforts to contain a new strain of superbug threatening the NHS and other health authorities around the world may almost be unachievable, exclusive research by Channel 4 News reveals.
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Spending cuts will ‘block NHS beds’
The government was warned today that severe cuts will lead to elderly patients blocking NHS beds because there will be nowhere for them to be discharged to.
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Spending review: who loses out?
Who is at greatest risk from the spending review? Experts and charities tell Channel 4 News the changes to benefits will affect those most in need, leaving the vulnerable out in the cold.
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Care home ‘crisis’ as funding cuts loom
Exclusive: care homes in many parts of the United Kingdom are facing a grim combination of funding cuts and declining standards, according to figures obtained by Channel 4 News.
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Staffing crisis in a third of A&E units
As the accident and emergency unit at Queen Mary’s hospital in Kent closes due to staff shortages, a Channel 4 News investigation reveals a third of hospitals are struggling with the same problem.
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Quango cuts: leak suggests 177 to go
A leaked report suggests 177 organisations face the axe and a further 30 under government review. However the head of one of the threatened bodies told Channel 4 News the move would not save money.
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NHS Direct ‘not being scrapped’
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said today he has no plans to scrap health helpline NHS Direct – despite indications to the contrary in August.
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NHS patient record leaflet campaign halted
Your patient records were going onto a central database – unless you opt out. But the government has ordered authorities to stop sending out explanatory leaflets, as it analyses the consent process.
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A&E unit closure dilemma for Andrew Lansley
When shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, promised a moratorium on accident and emergency unit closures. Victoria Macdonald reports on his policy now he is in government.
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NHS has more nurses and a hundred new hospitals?
The claim “You are a force now of half a million nurses, 80,000 more than in 1997… We have built more than 100 new hospitals and we’ve built hundreds upon hundreds of new health centres and walk in clinics.” Gordon Brown, speech to the Royal College of Nurses, 26 April 2010 The analysis Lets take a…
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Did NHS scrap washing rules for Muslim staff?
The claim “The National Health Service has amended its hygiene rules to allow Muslim staff not to wash before attending to patients.” BNP News, British National Party website, 11 April 2010 The background Hygiene guidance for NHS staff has been attacked on the BNP’s website, which claims that it allows Muslim staff not to wash before attending…
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Labour Manifesto 2010: tax benefits, policing & pensions
Labour’s 2010 manifesto has been given the FactCheck treatment. For more read on.
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Social care for all – but do the sums add up?
Analysis of the government’s key policy in the social care white paper – free care for all.
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Ask the Chancellors: death tax, child tax credits & income gap
FactCheck looks at a range of statements from the “Ask the Chancellors” debate on Channel 4
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Budget 2010: vague savings, growth forecasts, job claims
Key claims in Alistair Darling’s 2010 budget – FactChecked.