New integrated urgent care hub for St Albans hospital
The future of urgent care services at St Albans City Hospital looks secure following the decision to create an integrated hub on the site.
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The future of urgent care services at St Albans City Hospital looks secure following the decision to create an integrated hub on the site.
GP practices in Hertfordshire saw a sharp spike in activity during March, with tens of thousands more appointments recorded than in the previous month. Doctors' groups have warned that GPs could buckle under the pressure of "unsustainable" workloads as they juggle rising numbers of appointments with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. NHS Digital data shows doctors carried out 269,166 appointments with patients at surgeries in the NHS Herts Valleys CCG area in March – 48,382 more than in February. That was also 41,531 more than during the same month last year, at the start of the pandemic...
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By Patrick Jack, Data reporter File photo of a hospital ward The one-year survival rate for bowel cancer patients in the Herts Valleys region has improved, figures show. But at the start of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Bowel Cancer UK warned survival levels across England could drop to those of a decade ago as a result of disruption during the pandemic, which has had "devastating consequences" for some patients. Public Health England figures show adults aged between 15 and 99 in the NHS Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group a...
By Patrick Jack, Data reporter File photo of a hospital ward The one-year survival rate for bowel cancer patients in the Herts Valleys region has improved, figures show. But at the start of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Bowel Cancer UK warned survival levels across England could drop to those of a decade ago as a result of disruption during the pandemic, which has had "devastating consequences" for some patients. Public Health England figures show adults aged between 15 and 99 in the NHS Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group a...