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Unions demand pre-Christmas pay-rise for burned out NHS staff

‘Opportunistic’ unions demand pre-Christmas pay-rise for all ‘burned out’ NHS staff – even the ones not dealing with covid Fourteen unions are calling for a pay rise for all 1.3 million NHS staff next month But nonessential NHS services branded ‘cynical’ for piggybacking on pandemic  Some dietitians, opticians and podiatrists been twiddling thumbs for months  By… Read More »

Clinicians who prescribe unnecessary antibiotics fuel future antibiotic use

Receiving an initial antibiotic prescription for a viral acute respiratory infection — the type of infection that doesn’t respond to antibiotics — increases the likelihood that a patient or their spouse will seek care for future such infections and will receive subsequent antibiotic prescriptions, according to the findings of a study from Harvard Medical School… Read More »