Author Archives: Denis Campbell
Management consultants get £7m to give GPs business skills
NHS London paid consultancies such as KPMG and McKinsey up to £1.6m each for training doctors how to handle budgetsDoctors have condemned health service bosses for giving management consultants such as KPMG and McKinsey £7m to teach business skills t… Continue reading
Wales pays to replace French-made breast implants – but England won’t
Welsh health minister says not removing defective implants could endanger women’s healthThe Welsh government says it will pay to replace French-made PIP breast implants for women who were treated privately.Welsh health minister Lesley Griffiths said no… Continue reading
Andrew Lansley backs plan for NHS staff to question patients on lifestyles
Health secretary supports idea of health professionals asking patients about their unhealthy habits every time they use NHSMinisters are pressing ahead with proposals that will see NHS staff ask patients about their lifestyles during appointments, desp… Continue reading
Cosmetic surgery: pain but no gain in quest for the body beautiful
Breast implants are not the only perils in a growing but unregulated industryCosmetic treatments advertised in magazines and on websites and posters offer seemingly easy ways to look younger, lose weight and correct physical flaws.But the victims of th… Continue reading
More patients sue plastic surgeons over faulty cosmetic operations
Half the claims for bad cosmetic surgery are successful compared with 30% for general medical compensation claimsGrowing numbers of patients are suing plastic surgeons over mistakes during operations designed to improve their appearance, according to t… Continue reading
Body image concerns men more than women, research finds
Anxiety about body image has led to some men conceding they would exchange a year of their life for the perfect physiqueMore men worry about their body shape and appearance – beer bellies, “man boobs” or going bald – than women do about how they lo… Continue reading
Looks worry men more than women
Anxiety about body image has led to some men conceding they would exchange a year of their life for the perfect physiqueMore men worry about their body shape and appearance – beer bellies, “man boobs” or going bald – than women do about how they lo… Continue reading
Six out 10 nurses who visit patients in homes verbally abused in past two years
Royal College of Nursing survey finds that 11% of respondents had also been physically attackedSix out of every 10 nurses who visit patients in their own homes have been verbally abused during their work in the past two years and 11% have been assaulte… Continue reading
David Cameron orders merging of health and social care
Integration of services will save money says prime minister as NHS warns changes will lead to hospital closuresDavid Cameron has ordered health and social care services to be brought together in order to benefit patients in a move which government advi… Continue reading