Doctors to breathalyse smokers before allowing them NHS surgery
Smokers in Hertfordshire are to be breathalysed to ensure they have kicked the habit before they are referred for non-urgent … Read more
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Revealed: NHS’s plans to bar patients from attending A&E without a referral
NHS England is considering pilots to stop walk-in patients attending A&E departments, requiring them to be referred by a GP … Read more
NHS patients going blind and missing cancer treatments due to hospital failings, report finds
Patients in Cornwall died after waiting too long for heart treatment, while others were left to go blind, according to a damning … Read more
Charity fears national precedent if CCG axes free transport services
A charity has warned a dangerous precedent may be set if a clinical commissioning group enforces its decision to stop … Read more
NHS IVF no longer available in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, despite pioneering it
Full story in BioNews, 11 September 2017 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has removed funding for free IVF treatment, despite being the county … Read more
IVF cut back in 13 areas of England to save money, new data shows
Thirteen areas of England have restricted or completely halted IVF treatment since the start of the year for women struggling to conceive, … Read more
NHS cutbacks worsen IVF ‘postcode lottery’ in England
Funding cuts by the UK’s NHS has meant that 13 areas in England have restricted or halted IVF treatment since the start of 2017, … Read more
GPs unable to order adult hepatitis B vaccine ‘until further notice’
Practices will be unable to order stocks of adult Hepatitis B vaccine ‘until further notice’ after new guidance to ensure … Read more
Nuffield health sales leap as NHS comes under strain
The deteriorating health of the UK population has boosted turnover at one of Britain’s largest private hospital operators as the … Read more
NHS England delay ‘denies patients access to life saving treatment’
Patients are being denied access to heart treatments that could prevent strokes or save lives, after an NHS England project … Read more