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  • 1 day ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Rebecca Thomas |Alicja Hagopian

    The NHS must do more to reduce “tragic” incidents of patient harm and cut “jaw-dropping” payouts for poor care, MPs have warned as costs spiral to a record high. Compensation for clinical negligence claims cost £2.8bn in 2023-24 – up from £2.6bn the year before – with hundreds of millions paid out in legal fees. The highest number of claims were for failings in emergency medicine, obstetrics, orthopaedic and general surgery, with maternity care payouts costing the most, totalling £1.1bn last year.

  • 1 day ago | fox7austin.com | Rebecca Thomas

    Central Texas is dealing with a heat wave with temps soaring into the triple digits this week. That can take a toll on the body, especially your heart if you're not careful. Dr. Vivek Goswami, a cardiologist with Heart Hospital of Austin and Austin Heart, joined FOX 7 Austin's Rebecca Thomas to discuss. What they're saying: Rebecca Thomas: Dr. Goswami, just a few days ago, we had amazing weather, really nice temperatures.

  • 1 day ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Rebecca Thomas |Alicja Hagopian

    The NHS has faced criticism over ‘jaw-dropping’ costs for negligence claims, including high fees paid to claimants’ lawyers (PA Wire)The NHS must do more to reduce “tragic” incidents of patient harm and cut “jaw-dropping” payouts for poor care, MPs have warned as costs spiral to a record high. Compensation for clinical negligence claims cost £2.8bn in 2023-24 – up from £2.6bn the year before – with hundreds of millions paid out in legal fees.

  • 2 days ago | aol.co.uk | Rebecca Thomas

    More social care services will be forced to close their doors as a result of Sir Keir Starmer’s immigration crackdown, providers have warned as they hit out at the government’s “whack-a-mole” approach to the sector. The plans, which include ending the recruitment of care workers from overseas, will leave older people and disabled patients will be left without access to safe care, care companies added.

  • 1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Rebecca Thomas

    NHS officials proposed to cut £3.6 million from specialist maternal mental health budgetsRebecca ThomasHealth Correspondent Two-thirds of specialist mental health services for mothers planned funding cuts last year despite soaring demand. An analysis of NHS spending by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) found 27 out of 42 areas in England planned cuts totalling £3.2 million in the 2024/25 financial year.

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