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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Thousands of patients see NHS hospital referrals lost in black hole'

A Healthwatch England study found 14% of NHS hospital referrals are lost, rejected, or never dispatched, causing communication failures and patient harm.
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Mystery of suspected 'cancer cluster' in small area of county where three died of disease raised with HSE

The first thing to say is that cancer is a very common condition. One in two of us in our lifetimes will be diagnosed with cancer. It is sometimes literally the ageing within a particular community. People have settled in an area at a particular time. We have talked about the ageing of our population. There are modifiable and non-modifiable risks for cancer and one of the most obvious non-modifiable ones is your age.
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