Western Europe - Health Care Policy

The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on Thursday launched a drive to reduce the number of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for hospital treatment. Around a quarter of a million people in England have been waiting for non-urgent treatment in England for ...

Frontline job cuts in the NHS will have "catastrophic consequences" for patient safety and care, with nurses accounting for almost half of all positions to be axed, a nursing union warned on Monday.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) looked at 21 NHS ...

LONDON (Reuters) - All shops in England will be banned from openly displaying tobacco products by April 2015 as part of a government package of measures to cut smoking.The Department of Health, announcing the legislation on national No Smoking Day, said the ...

Patients are dying in higher numbers than expected at two London hospital trusts, a report reveals.. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS trust and South London Healthcare NHS trust are shown to have alarmingly high death rates.. They are among 19 ...

Patients could be made to pay for some operations as GPs say they will cut down on NHS referrals, according to a survey commissioned by a private health provider.. More than half of the doctors in London say they are more likely ...

It?s in the news a lot about the ills or failures of the National Health Service in the UK, the reason why President Obama has taken on his critics head on by addressing congressional leaders. As the bill was signed President Johnson ...

I had to go to the doctor today (Tuesday) due to the big toe on my right foot just absolutely killing me !!! Judging from the horror reports in England and Canada, it may take a month. One only has to look ...

I watched something on cable TV that was very disturbing to me. I watched this movie called "Sicko" directed by Michael Moore. Besides that, I have a Grandmother who sees a Doctor all the time, so I can imagine what she go's ...

A family has won out-of-court damages and an apology from a London hospital after an NHS watchdog ruled that "catastrophic blunders" led to the death of their mother. A damning report by the Healthcare Commission found that Efthymia Yerolemou, 65, had received ...

Universal health care is a term that refers to a governmental system meant to ensure that every citizen or resident of a region has access to the required medical services . In the modern world, every wealthy industrialized nation, aside from the ...

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Topic: Western Europe

Ministers to crack down on 'hidden' NHS waiting lists

NHS job cuts to hit frontline staff, union warns

UK to ban displays of cigarettes, tobacco in shops

'Alarmingly high death rates' at two London hospital trusts

'Patients forced to go private as doctors cut NHS referrals'

US Medicare Vs. UK Natinal Health Service

Obamacare: What Will It Be Like?

American Health Care.....are you kidding me?

Hospital apologises for its 'catastrophic blunders'

What is Universal Health Care?

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