Out-of-hours healthcare warning
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A study reveals most doctors do not believe changes to out-of-hours services have improved patient care.
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Many NHS trusts are failing to meet core standards for out-of-hours primary care, statistics show.
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Patients may not be given a choice of hospitals by the end of the year as ministers promised, a report says.
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Reforms to out-of-hours health care have been &quot;thoroughly mishandled&quot; by the Department of Health and only GPs have benefited from the new deal, according to a withering report from the Public Accounts Committee published on Wednesday.
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A private health care firm criticised for the way it runs its out-of-hours GP service is to take on more doctors.
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New watchdog could close hospitals within 24 hours.
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The nation&#39;s leading patient-safety oversight group will call Wednesday for hospitals to do more to keep patients from &quot;waking up&quot; during surgery - a sometimes horrifying experience
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A new report from the Canadian Medical Association on Canada&#39;s doctor shortage suggests that Canada would need 4700 new doctors if the doctors who currently work over 60 hours a week stopped doing so. The report also suggest that if Canada followed the EU ...
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Health secretary writes to every GP in England urging them to accept plans to extend surgery opening hours
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a potential problem that led a national group of emergency-room doctors Monday to call for better preparation for the oncoming
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Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has cranked up the pressure on GPs to extend their opening hours.
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A private health care firm criticised for the way it runs its out-of-hours GP service in Wales has announced it is taking on more doctors.
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New guidelines restricting the patients that GPs can refer to hospital will mean cancers are missed, warn doctors.
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A medical accreditation group Tuesday urged hospitals nationwide to take steps to prevent ``anesthesia awareness&#39;&#39;--instances in which patients wake up during surgery and sometimes
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Proposed changes to healthcare regulation in the European Union could threaten  patient care standards, doctors argue.