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New Legal Rights for Britain’s NHS Patients
Patients in Britain will have legal rights to maximum waiting times for elective procedures and urgent cancer referrals and to an NHS Health Check every five years for those aged 40-74, if proposals published today are taken forward. The proposals, set...
Stroke Calls Up 55% Following ACT F.A.S.T. Campaign
The Department of Health’s Act F.A.S.T. campaign has led to an increase of more than half (55.5%) in stroke calls to the emergency services (999). New research published today also shows that 84% of the public remember the campaign and its graphic depiction...U.S. Think Tank Ranks the British NHS As Having One of the Best Primary Health Care Systems in the World
The NHS has been ranked as having one of the best primary health care systems in the world in a survey by the US think tank the Commonwealth Fund, published today. In a survey of more than 10,000 primary care physicians in 11 developed countries, the...New Research Reveals First-time Mums have the Most Questions Five Months And One Week After Giving Birth
New research released today has shown that, after the understandable flurry in the first eight weeks of motherhood, the period when first-time mums have the most questions about their babies’ development can be pin-pointed to five months and one week...
Premium Rate Call Charges to be Banned From England’s Health Service
The use of phone numbers that charge the public or patients a premium rate to contact the NHS are to be banned in England, Health Minister Mike O’Brien has announced. The announcement follows a recent public consultation on the use of 084 numbers in...
U.K. Teenagers Most Concerned About Losing Weight And Fitting in
Today’s teenagers in the U.K. are most worried about losing weight and fitting in. But more teenagers from low income families worry about bullying, drugs, and smoking compared to peers from high income families. Surveys for NHS Teen LifeCheck published...
U.K. Government Launches National Pandemic Flu Service Web Site
A new self-care service which will give people with pandemic swine flu symptoms fast access to antivirals was launched today by U.K. Health Secretary Andy Burnham. The National Pandemic Flu Service is a new dedicated website (www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu)...
