Nick Triggle
@NickTriggle
BBC health correspondent, Royal TV Society and Medical Journalists' Assoc award winner. Interested in NHS, public health and social care. Views are my own.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/nicktriggle 22-08-2011 10:06:48
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Patients are at risk of having serious health conditions missed because of the lack of continuity of care by GPs, safety watchdog says.
Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) highlighted the case of a man who was seen by eight different GPs before his cancer was spotted 👇
bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…
Staff sickness in the NHS in England has reached record levels.
In 2022 absence rate hit 5.6%, meaning the NHS lost the equivalent of nearly 75,000 staff to illness. Nuffield Trust analysis for BBC News (UK) bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…
Work pressures driving nurses and midwives away, Nursing and Midwifery Council wants bbc.co.uk/news/health-65…