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Mental health crisis services to receive cash injection of £15m
CREDIT: This story was originally seen on GOV.UK. Mental health crisis services are set to receive a boost of £15m in the UK, meaning that keep reading
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People with dementia in rural communities increasingly isolated, says charity
Ahead of Dementia Action Week – May 21-27 May – the Alzheimer’s Society has launched a guide that calls for action to be taken to make keep reading
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Mental health ‘game-changer’ leads to reduction in demand for GP appointments
Improved mental health care for patients with physical ailments has reduced demand for GP appointments and cut hospital admissions by three quarters in a pilot keep reading
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Heart patients in England at risk from gaps in NHS care
New audit reveals a ‘significant threat to patient safety’ according to Anticoagulation UK Tens of thousands of heart patients in England are at increased risk keep reading
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A virtual solution to supporting self-management
GP practices are under more pressure than ever. Their workload has grown as they have seen a 13% increase in appointments over the past five keep reading
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MPS works with NICE to revise cauda equina syndrome red flags
MPS and NICE revise cauda equina syndrome establishing the red flag symptoms – changes which should help GPs and other healthcare professionals make more effective referrals in keep reading
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Significant proportion of patients at the end of life accessing out-of-hours primary care service
Out-of-hours GPs see almost one-third of people who die in Oxfordshire, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ Open A study published keep reading
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New service to reduce number of diabetic foot amputations across Fylde coast
New service launched on the Fylde coast to tackle and reduce the number of foot amputations resulting from diabetes A new team aimed at reducing keep reading
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PHE provides advice for GPs to offer shingles vaccination
PHE and NHS letter advises that GPs can offer shingles vaccine opportunistically to patients throughout the year as they become of eligible age (70-79 years old), keep reading
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New questionnaire measures ‘burden’ of treatment for patients with multiple health problems
New questionnaire – developed by experts at the University of Bristol – will help measure the ‘burden’ of treatment for patients with multiple health problems keep reading