NHS funding

• £65,000 settlement for Suffolk man whose Lisfranc injury went undiagnosed

  • PostedSeptember 14, 2020

  Julie Crossley, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal, has obtained £65,000 for Mr H who was given an incorrect diagnosis for an injury to his foot following a fall....

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• Lack of care leaves dementia patients trapped in hospital

  • PostedJanuary 22, 2020

  The Alzheimer’s Society, a charity for people with dementia, has highlighted the need for change after it was revealed that thousands of dementia patients are being left in hospitals due...

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• Local campaigners fight to build new hospital

  • PostedNovember 26, 2019

  Members of the New Hospital Campaign (NHC) have successfully raised £20,000 which has enabled them to take Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to a judicial review. The NHC is...

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• NHS Waiting Times in England – The Need For Improvement

  • PostedNovember 14, 2019

  There are three categories in respect of NHS waiting time targets for treatment.  These cover A&E, Cancer and routine operations. NHS waiting time targets for Cancer and A&E treatment have...

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• NHS to receive £6.2 billion extra funding

  • PostedSeptember 9, 2019

  The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has announced a spending review that will see an extra £6.2bn going towards the NHS next year. This will include £210m for frontline staff. This should...

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• GPs claiming up to £88m for non-existent patients

  • PostedJune 12, 2019

  An investigation has begun by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority after it was found that in 2018 there were 3.6 million more patients registered to GPs than there were people...

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