Tag: doctors
Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say
Since President Trump announced plans for mass deportations and rescinded protections for hospitals and clinics, health care facilities have seen a ju [...]
Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.
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Doctors must raise other options to assisted dying, MP behind bill proposes
Doctors would have to raise other treatment options when discussing assisted dying with a patient, under proposals put forward by the MP behind the le [...]
Protect children from vapes epidemic, doctors urge government
The government must ban flavoured and disposable vapes, doctors say, to protect children against a growing epidemic of use in the UK. The British Medi [...]
Junior doctors call five-day strike before election
Junior doctors in England are to stage a five-day strike in the lead up to the election in their long-running pay dispute with the government.Members [...]
Junior doctors talks need ‘time and space’, says Victoria Atkins
Recounting her own experience of giving birth to her first child, Ms Atkins said she had had "amazing care" but before the birth had been put on a war [...]
Junior doctors and government agree to talks
Members of the British Medical Association union have been staging walkouts for more than a year.
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RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.
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The longest-ever NHS strike: What you need to know as junior doctors walk out
Data for England is shown by NHS trust, where the trust includes at least one hospital with a Type 1 A&a [...]
Doctors up for longer hours for more overtime pay, says Keir Starmer
Under Labour's NHS waiting list plan, neighbouring hospitals would also be encouraged to pool staff and use shared waiting lists. Patients would be gi [...]
Mitch McConnell May Be Experiencing Small Seizures, Doctors Suggest
A four-line letter, signed by the attending physician of Congress and released by Senator Mitch McConnell on Thursday, suggested that his recent spell [...]
Junior doctors in Scotland accept new pay offer
The 17.5% increase over two years comes after the medics had planned to take strike action.
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How much do junior doctors really get paid in England?
The BBC asked two junior doctors in England to show us their payslips and reveal their salaries.
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We can't take any more, says NHS as doctors strike
Junior doctors' four-day walkout is under way in England as the dispute over pay continues.
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NHS Wales: Doctors reject Welsh government 5% pay offer
Doctors' representatives will meet soon to decide whether to ballot for industrial action.
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