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NHS starving the elderly, says report

Elderly NHS patients are being left to starve at some trusts, according to a report by charity Age UK.

The report, Hungry To Be Heard, found that patients were actually being less well nourished than when they came into the hospital.

Age UK director Michelle Mitchell said: ‘The Government must introduce compulsory monitoring. Age UK is...

Woman who has suffered nine miscarriages complains about IVF decision

An NHS trust has had a formal complaint made against it for refusing a second round of IVF treatment by a woman who has suffered nine miscarriages and a stillbirth.

The woman, Deborah Harris, has alleged that the trust has refused her appeal to be given a second round of IVF treatment was refused before a letter from her doctor, which...

Ex-NHS trust chief receives £1.2 million pay-out

John Watkinson, the ex-chief executive of the Royal Cornish Hospital Trust , has received over a million pounds in compensation, following an employment investigation which found that he was dismissed unfairly.

The ruling was swiftly followed by calls from local health service unions to protect patients and local NHS services against any reduction in funds, due to Mr Watkinson’s payout...

John Prescott champions NHS Direct

In a further twist to the NHS Direct story, John Prescott has now waded into the argument.

The ex-deputy prime minister has apparently set up a website containing a petition opposing the move, which has attracted around 3000 signatures.

Burnham follows unions over health reforms

Outside Labour Party leadership contender Andy Burnham has called on all Liberal Democrat Mps to reject the coalition government ’ s health reforms, which put the majority of spending decisions back into the hands of GPs.

Staffordshire NHS trusts spent over £4 million on management consultants

A local newspaper investigation has found that NHS North Staffordshire has spent £2.2 million on management consultants over the period 2009-2010.

This spending has been questioned by local union representatives, with Geoff Wilson, of the North Staffordshire community health branch of Unison, telling The Sentinel newspaper: “Surely there is enough ability and expertise within the PCTs' own staff to do most of this work...

Obesity surgery rates growing

Information released by the NHS Information Centre has found that the amount of obesity surgery being paid for by the NHS had risen by 785 per cent in the last five years.

Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum, said: "These figures just show how bad things have got with the obesity epidemic.

Home based NHS technology is improving care, according to study

There has been much talk about how telehealth will be able to push healthcare back into people’s home’s and this can at the same time be more comfortable for them and less costly to the health service. Now a study has produced results which back this argument up.

The study, which looked at patient satisfaction survey, has shown that since using the assistive technology machines, 63 per cent of patients...