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NEEDLE and tampon mistakenly left inside patients as Essex-based NHS Trust pays out nearly £250k for retained object negligence claims Only two Trusts around England faced more settled compensation claims than Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust paid close to a quarter of a million pounds in […]

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The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.

An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.

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