Guest viewing is limited

The NHS GPs heading home to Syria to treat patients liberated from the regime

Post thread
Post reply

Currently reading:
The NHS GPs heading home to Syria to treat patients liberated from the regime

The NHS GPs heading home to Syria to treat patients liberated from the regime
Karim-1200-800.jpg

Following the fall of Syria’s dictatorship, NHS doctors of the Syrian diaspora are pitching in on the ground to help treat liberated political prisoners. Sally Howard reports

Continue reading this article about The NHS GPs heading home to Syria to treat patients liberated from the regime

by Maya Dhillon

NHS Forums - For daily discussion by NHS Staff.
 
Click to expand...

News About the NHS

Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors

NHS privatisation and PFI - what Lord Darzi’s review missed

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

<p>Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds">Continue reading...</a>

Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’

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.

Continue reading...

By Ian Sample Science editor

Continue reading...

Similar threads

G
  • Article
Labour promised GPs more money. Why hit them with higher national insurance? | Letter
Labour promised GPs more money. Why hit them with higher national insurance? | Letter Primary care will suffer from exposing doctors to the rise in national insurance – they should be exempt, writes Phil Taylor The chancellor’s decision to spare the public sector from the increase in national...
Replies
0
Views
98
Guardian Staff
G
M
  • Article
Physician associates banned from treating patients alone, leaked rules reveal
Physician associates banned from treating patients alone, leaked rules reveal New guidance will be published while the Government reviews the profession after reports of patients dying under PA care Continue reading this article about Physician associates banned from treating patients alone...
Replies
0
Views
91
Michael SearlesMichael Searles
M
R
  • Article
Mental health patients harmed by being sent to units far from home, report finds
Mental health patients harmed by being sent to units far from home, report finds Distant placements found to have led to anxiety, PTSD and suicide in some cases, as use of them increases in England Mental health patients in England are being harmed by the increase in placements in psychiatric...
Replies
0
Views
62
Rachel Hall
R
D
  • Article
NHS spends £14.7bn a year treating patients in England hurt by care mistakes, says report
NHS spends £14.7bn a year treating patients in England hurt by care mistakes, says report Experts from Imperial College London cite ‘alarming declines’ in 12 key metrics of patient safety The NHS is forced to spend a “staggering” £14.7bn a year treating people who have been harmed by mistakes...
Replies
0
Views
51
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
D
J
  • Article
Not a single bed set aside to treat ME in any UK hospital, says NHS director
Not a single bed set aside to treat ME in any UK hospital, says NHS director Father of Maeve Boothby O’Neill, who died in 2021, says it is ‘shameful’ that health system is unable to treat the disease A senior NHS professional has told a coroner that there is not a single bed anywhere in the...
Replies
0
Views
154
Jamie Grierson
J

What's New on NHS Forums?

Find what's new on NHS Forums by clicking here

Latest Topics

Thread Information

Title
The NHS GPs heading home to Syria to treat patients liberated from the regime
Prefix
N/A
Forum
News about the NHS
Start date
Last reply date
Replies
0

Thread Tags

Tags
None

Subscribe to updates from NHS Forums

Receive a daily, weekly, or monthly email containing a digest of new and recently updated threads.
Back
Top