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Monday, 28 October 2013

Today in healthcare: Friday 25 October

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Monday, 30 September 2013

Today in healthcare: Monday 30 September

Sarah Johnson writes

This weekend, Randeep Ramesh, the Guardian's social affairs editor, wrote that the controversial cancer drugs fund, which pays for expensive treatments considered poor value for money by regulators, will get a £400m boost – effectively extending its life for two years.

The Observer reported that a private health insurance company has been forced to take down an advert from its website after it tried to sell its products by claiming that the NHS had been responsible for 13,000 needless deaths since 2005. The claim, made by Bestmedicalcover, was found by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to have used an "appeal to fear to sell private health insurance and that it was not justified to do so".

The Telegraph featured a story that said NHS bureaucrats have banned the term 'elderly' from leaflets for fear of offending patients.

The paper also quoted health secretary Jeremy Hunt as saying that GPs need "rigorous inspection".

Meanwhile, the BBC said that charities have warned the government over the impact of an ageing population. And it featured a video with an expert from Cardiff University saying that combining traditional forms of Chinese and Western medicine could offer new hope for developing new treatments for some cancers.

It also reported that Professor Steve Field, the NHS's first chief inspector of GPs, warned that failing GP surgeries face closure.

The Sunday Times (subscription) ran a story that said the NHS must reform the way it treats children to prevent 2,000 youngsters dying needlessly every year due to poor care. The call comes from Hilary Cass, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, who said children in Britain were far more likely to die from diseases or infections such as asthma, pneumonia and meningitis than elsewhere in western Europe.

And, it said that almost half of maternity units have been forced to turn away women in labour because they are full and struggling to cope with the highest birth rate for 40 years

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Saturday, 28 September 2013

Today in healthcare: Wednesday 25 September

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Today in healthcare: Friday 27 September

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Today in healthcare: Friday 20 September

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Today in healthcare: Monday 23 September

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Today in healthcare: Thursday 26 September

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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Today in healthcare: Tuesday 24 September

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Friday, 20 September 2013

Today in healthcare: Thursday 19 September

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Today in healthcare: Friday 13 September

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Today in healthcare: Wednesday 18 September

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Today in healthcare: Tuesday 17 September

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Today in healthcare: Monday 16 September

Clare Horton writes

Good morning and welcome to the daily live blog from the Guardian Healthcare Professionals Network. Throughout the day, we'll be bringing you news, comment and analysis from around the web.

The Guardian reports that doctors' surgeries in some of the UK's most deprived areas are using premium-rate numbers that can leave patients facing hefty bills. The Welsh nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, has found that GPs' surgeries in the South Wales valleys are among those using such numbers.

There's also news that patients harmed by treatments based on unfounded claims, or hit with crippling costs from them, have collaborated with medical charities to produce a guide to the risks of "miracle cures" that are often found advertised online.

Elsewhere, the Telegraph reports that Sir David Nicholson, the outgoing head of the NHS, has been accused of a “systemic cover-up” after official figures disclosed that hospitals have spent more than £4?million on secret gagging orders.

Death rates in children's intensive care units are at an all-time low despite increasing admissions, reports the BBC. It says the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network found the death rate was 3.8% in 2012 - despite admissions rising 5% from 18,596 in 2011 to 19,516 in 2012.

And the Independent reports on a study by the Institute for Social and Economic Research, which claims legalising and taxing cannabis could help the Government reduce the deficit by as much as £1.25bn – without necessarily causing significant damage to public health.

If there's a story, report or event you'd like to highlight – or you would like to share your thoughts on any of the healthcare issues in the news today – you can get in touch by leaving a comment below the line or tweeting us at @GdnHealthcare.

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