National Health Service
Yannis Kallianos: Holds three responsible for father’s death – Georgiadis Explanation
The healthcare system wasn’t the problem,the Minister of Health emphasised that the NHS has good doctors
UK Suspends Under-18 Gender Reassignment Funding After NHS Findings
Britain finds itself amid a heated debate as the National Health Service (NHS) suspends funding for a program offering gender reassignment medication to children under 18. This decision aligns with the release of a significant NHS report tracking practices since 2020, revealing concerns about the lack of robust evidence supporting medical interventions in gender reassignment, BBC recalled.
Digital platform to reduce surgery waiting times
As part of the effort to reduce patients' waiting time for operations in Greece, the National Health Service (ESY) will on February 1 introduce a digital filing system for hospitals' scheduled surgeries and their order of priority.
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Deadline Nears: Last Day to Change Your General Practitioner for the Year
As the clock ticks towards the deadline, several Bulgarian municipalities, including Razgrad, Smolyan, and Targovishte, grapple with a scarcity of general practitioners (GPs). According to the Health Insurance Fund's website, today marks the final chance this year for citizens to switch their GP.
England junior and senior doctors to strike together
Junior and senior doctors in England will go on strike together for the first time, a medical association has said, in an escalation to a long-running dispute with the government over pay.
Strikes over pay have hit many sectors of the British economy over the past year with medical workers among those joining picket lines amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
UK senior doctors to go on strike
Senior doctors in English hospitals are to stage industrial action for only the third time, forcing the cancellation of routine operations for patients, their union have announced.
Consultant doctors will strike on July 20 and 21 to press the government for better pay - just after a five-day stoppage by more junior doctors.
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Bulgaria: GPs will no longer disclose their Mobile Phones
GPs are no longer required to disclose their mobile phones to be called at any time. In the evenings and at weekends, patients will be able to call medical practices with which their GP has contracted. The limits also fall for the referrals for dispensary patients.
On-call duty provision revoked after doctors react
Following strong pushback from hospital doctors' representatives, the Health Ministry issued a new circular early Wednesday afternoon revoking the provision governing on-call duty for National Health Service (ESY) hospitals that had been introduced only last Friday.
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Thousands of doctors plan to walk off job again in England
A four-day strike planned by tens of thousands of doctors in England next week could lead to the postponement of a quarter-million medical appointments, a National Health Service official has said.
UK leader calls crisis meeting over struggling health system
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gathered government ministers, medics and health service managers in 10 Downing St. on Jan. 7 for talks aimed at fixing a health care crisis that has seen thousands of patients stranded outside overflowing hospitals.