Hugh Pym
Health Editor at BBC
BBC News Health Editor covering all aspects of health (UK and Global). Politics and economics of the NHS. Thoughts from staff and patients always welcome.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Graeme Ogston |Hugh Pym
Nurses, midwives and healthcare staff across Scotland have been offered an 8% pay increase over two years. Health Secretary Neil Gray set out plans for a 4.25% increase in 2025-26 and a 3.75% rise next year. The offer - which the government said would cost around £701m - will also be protected by an "inflation guarantee", meaning pay increases will always be at least 1% above the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Chloe Hayward |Hugh Pym
Failing to properly diagnose and treat people with bipolar disorder is wasting billions of pounds a year in the UK, according to new data shared exclusively with the BBC. Experts say many of the estimated million people living with this condition are "ghosts in the system", whose lives are being torn apart by poorly managed extreme suicidal lows or manic, erratic highs. Emma was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her early 30s, after experiencing a mental health crisis.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Hugh Pym
Community pharmacies have been warning of closures and cutbacks in the face of what they say are unsustainable pressures. Among these are a rising workload, funding which has not kept pace with inflation and the prospect of higher employer National Insurance contributions. Government funding for pharmacies in England stood at £2.6bn in 2019/20. But over the next few years that did not go up with inflation. In the current financial year (2024/25) it has been at £2.7bn.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Hugh Pym |Ian Aikman
The government has agreed a new funding package with pharmacy negotiators in England, leading some pharmacies to call off protests that were planned for later this week. One group representing thousands of local pharmacies was preparing to take action involving cuts to opening hours from Tuesday, but they say that will be delayed while they consider the deal.
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Hugh Pym
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800 jobs earmarked to go at Isle of Wight and Portsmouth Hospitals trusts. This follows news of 500 non clinical posts to be cut at Cambridge University Hospitals. Part of cost saving required across all trusts in England.
Cambridge University Hospitals Trust says 500 posts will be cut with some voluntary and a recruitment freeze with 200 redundancies. The trust said “like all NHS trusts we have been asked to reduce the cost of our support functions this year to April 2022 levels”.
Haemophilia Soc response to news that the infected blood inquiry is to hold more hearings: ‘This powerful and unique intervention reflects the contaminated blood community’s widespread anger, confusion and despair that the government is failing to deliver on its promises.’
