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The Friends and Family Test asks hospital patients to grade the care they've received. The government says that it will help the NHS to improve. But is the survey as useful as all that? Read
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The Sun states that 1,000 doctors left the NHS between March and April 2013. Is this unusual? Read
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Accident and Emergency departments are the open door of the NHS, treating patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. But with reports that A&E … Read
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On 18 July we contacted both the BBC and the Daily Mail to highlight errors on their coverage of the cap on social care. The error As we flagged in … Read
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After MPs warned that Accident and Emergency care was "not good enough" this morning, the Daily Mail pointed out that just a sixth of A&E units have enough consultants 'on the shop floor' able to deal with patients at busy times. Is this correct? Read
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"Bed blockers": Ready to go home, still in hospital "Bed blockers" is the somewhat derogatory term used to describe patients - most of them elderly - who are occupying a … Read
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As the changes mandated by the Health and Social Care Act begin to be put in place across the NHS, there's still disagreement over how much it's costing - or saving - the public purse. Who's right? Read
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The Coalition has said that it's a policy to be proud of. But the media has reported that, by the government's own admission, very few pensioners will benefit from the new cap on social care costs. Is the devil in the detail? Read
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Readers may have noticed the hot weather. But according to the Times, hundreds of lives have been claimed by the latest heatwave to hit the UK. How should we understand the numbers behind it? Read
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One MP raises concerns that banning drugs can be counter-productive. We raise concerns about the numbers. Read
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