NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Mar 06 2025HEALTH

Pharmacies to the Rescue: A New Way to Manage Common Health Issues

Imagine this: You're feeling under the weather with a sore throat or an earache. Instead of waiting for days to see a doctor, you pop into your local pharmacy. This is the idea behind Pharmacy First (PF), a service that has been rolled out in England. This service is part of a bigger plan to make healthcare more accessible and efficient. The National Health ...

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Sep 15 2024HEALTH

Britain's NHS in Critical Condition: Can Universal Healthcare Survive?

The National Health Service (NHS) in England has been dubbed a "critical condition" by a 163-page report, which highlights the system's struggles with meeting targets for cancer, emergency, and hospital treatment. The report reveals that 300,000 people are waiting for non-emergency hospital treatment for more than a year, and 1.75 million are waiting for between 6 an...

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Sep 15 2024HEALTH

Fixing Britain's Broken Healthcare System: A Matter of Reform or Ruin

Britain's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) is on life support, with years of neglect and mismanagement taking its toll on the nation's health. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sounded the alarm, warning that the NHS must "reform or die" to address the crisis. But what went wrong, and can the system be salvaged? The NHS has been a cornerstone of British soci...

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