This blog covers the latest UK health care news, publications, policy announcements, events and information focused on the NHS, as well as the latest media stories and local news coverage of the NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire.
Monday, 30 December 2013
Doctors fork out £5 million to fight private rivals due to Government health ...
Doctors fork out £5 million to fight private rivals due to Government health... Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG paid £503,310 in legal costs, Nene CCG in Northamptonshire spent £330,000, West Cheshire CCG £176,544 and East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG £129,069. Others with high legal bills include Southern Derbyshire ... The Daily Mirror
Migrants to face NHS care charges
Migrants to face NHS care charges Migrants are to face new charges for some NHS services in England, ministers say, but GP consultations will remain free. BBC News
See also:
See also:
- Press release: Extended NHS charging for visitors and migrants Department of Health
- RCGP comment on Government plans for visitor and migrant NHS access Royal College of General Practitioners
- Migrants will be charged by A&E: Foreigners who have emergency treatment will be billed in clampdown on health tourism The Daily Mail
- Tourists and migrants to be charged to use NHS emergency services The Guardian
- Migrants can see GPs for free, despite promise of crackdown The Daily Telegraph
- Migrants will have to pay at A&E – and all patients will have to prove they are not foreigners to get free NHS treatment The Independent
Was 2013 the NHS's annus horriblis?
Was 2013 the NHS's annus horriblis? Nick Triggle on whether 2013 was NHS's annus horriblis. BBC News
Growing exodus of A&E doctors to Australia adds to strain on NHS
Growing exodus of A&E doctors to Australia adds to strain on NHS College of Emergency Medicine says NHS cannot afford to lose so much talent at a time of understaffing in A&E units.
8,000 people get tummy tucks on NHS
8,000 people get tummy tucks on NHS NHS offers 'tummy tucks' to 8,000 people at an estimated cost of £50m amid concerns taxpayers' money is being wasted. The Daily Telegraph
Exclusive: Action on implants - Government to implement cosmetic surgery controls
Exclusive: Action on implants - Government to implement cosmetic surgery controls
Every woman who undergoes a breast implant operation will have the procedure logged on a national register, to help prevent a repeat of the cosmetic surgery scandal which affected tens of thousands in the UK and 400,000 worldwide, The Independent on Sunday reveals.
See also:
See also:
- Breast implants to be registered BBC News
- Breast implant register for UK in the wake of the PIP scandal The Guardian
- National register for breast implant operations The Daily Telegraph