New whistleblowing guardian resigns
THE new “national guardian” whose role was to encourage NHS staff in England to raise concerns has resigned just weeks before she was due to take up the post.
Number of female dentists continues to rise
THE number of women working in NHS dentistry in England increased by 3.1 per cent in 2014/15 to 11,285 and this figure represents a 44.2 per cent increase on 2006/07, according to statistics highlighted by the BDA on International Women’s Day.
Type 1 diabetics missing annual checks
A SURVEY of 6,850 diabetes patients by Diabetes UK found that those with Type 1 disease were less like to get proper annual checks than those with Type 2.
Dramatic ten-year rise in hip replacement surgery
THE number of hip replacements in patients under age 60 has increased by 76 per cent in the ten years prior 2014-15, according to NHS figures.