Wes Streeting says he will reject all ‘status quo’ proposals Wes Streeting has warned NHS England and departmental officials he will reject any proposals “that suggest sticking with the status quo, or bids for more money without reform”. The health and social care secretary was speaking alongside NHSE chief executive Amanda Pritchard at a joint […]
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The health, weight and fitness guru’s rapid weight-loss plan is ideal to get ready for a Christmas party. Health and fitness guru Dr Michael Mosley was renowned for his weight-loss plans, as the man behind the 5:2 and Fast 800 programmes. The NHS doctor was known for promoting healthy and sustainable weight loss for long-term health, through action […]
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The discovery of a new blood group, MAL, has solved a 50- year-old mystery. Researchers from NHS Blood and Transplant, and the University of Bristol, have identified the genetic background of the previously known but mysterious AnWj blood group antigen (Tilley, 2024). The AnWj antigen – a surface marker molecule) – was discovered in 1972 […]
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A recent study (Rosa Parisi, 2024) has shown the contracted hours fulfilled by each fully qualified GP has fallen from 30 a week on average in 2015, to 26 a week in 2022. This reduction was largely driven by male GPs cutting their hours from 2015; when many worked more than the […]
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Key factors that impact long-term weight loss in patients on GLP-1 agonists A recent study from the USA identified key factors that can impact the long-term weight loss of patients with obesity who were prescribed injectable semaglutide or liraglutide for the treatment of type 2 diabetes or obesity (Gasoyan, 2024). Key points In the study, […]
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NHS hospital facilities are not used 40% of the time. But doctors constantly ask for more staff and investment. Let’s go back and start with a simple question. How much does the NHS cost? It is actually very hard to say, as it is surprisingly difficult to define the NHS. For example, does it include […]
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Can Rene Descartes (we mean Wes Streeting) fix the NHS? René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician. He was one of the pioneers of Rationalism. This is principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on ‘experience’, emotion or religion. It is actually the basis of […]
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Streeting and Starmer blaming the Tories for the NHS won’t hold forever In two months Sir Keir Starmer MP and Wes Streeting MP have already completed numerous rites of passage for a new Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health. But there’s one part of the job where there is an obvious, and deliberate, […]
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Sleep, fasting, exercise, brown rice, black coffee, a healthy social life .. or .. A newly discovered gene may be more important as it increases longevity. There is an abundance of advice out there on how to live a good, long life. Researchers are working hard to determine why some people live longer than others, […]
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Wes Streeting today backed the rollout of surgical hubs to help clear NHS waiting lists Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (DHSC) Currently 7.6 million people are waiting in the NHS for an operation or procedure. The surgical hubs may improve productivity by 20%. The Health Secretary said the hubs, […]
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