Stroke care 'is failing patients'
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The UK needs to boost stroke services quickly - or remain the worst in western Europe, says a leading doctor.
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Many people are not being treated properly for a common illness that is a silent killer, a watchdog says.
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A campaign is launched after research finds that a third of people in Scotland cannot recognise stroke symptoms.
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Thousands of people with heart failure are going undiagnosed, the Healthcare Commission has warned.
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Â· Inquiry slams mis-prescribing of drugsÂ· Doctors 'ignoring official guidelines'
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NHS Direct is referring on too many patients to GPs and emergency services, putting strain on the system, doctors and ambulance crews say.
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Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.
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From diagnosis to treatment to rehabilitation to preventing it altogether, a stroke is a litany of missed opportunities.
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Cancer care across England is poorly  coordinated, funding varies widely from one area to another and  doctors are not referring patients for treatment quickly  enough, a parliamentary report said Wednesday.
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Critics say new rules to standardise funding of continuing care in England do not go far enough.
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Leading psychiatrists say the National Health Service is failing thousands of people with ADHD.
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By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Sep. 15--Clare Hindman's family thought she'd had a stroke. When she  spoke at a community meeting in a church, a friend thought she'd been  drinking.
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Transient ischemic attacks (TIA), short episodes of decreased blood flow to the brain, carry a "not so benign" prognosis, according to a new report in the journal Stroke.
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Out-of-hours GP services are suffering because of a lack of funding from regional health bosses, doctors say.
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Most patients with eating disorders are not receiving the recommended level of care, a survey has found.
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The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing.
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The state is failing children in its care with most leaving without any qualifications, a report by a think tank has said.