NHS funding shortfalls exist all over the country — but Britain pledged £75 million on Wednesday to “help Bangladesh fight the effects of climate change.”
Fact: In the South West of England, a funding shortfall is putting the lives of thousands of heart attack patients in the South West at risk because they are not receiving the proper care, a new report has revealed.
A lack of money for life-saving cardiac rehabilitation treatment means that more than half of all heart attack sufferers are missing out on vital life-saving treatment. Research by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has found that only 47 percent of patients in the South West receive cardiac rehabilitation — the Government’s target is 85 percent.
Heart disease is one of the UK’s biggest killers and BHF campaigns officer John Bayly said: “It comes down to money. It is a national problem and in the end, it directly affects people’s health.”
Fact: Hospitals in Surrey have among the worst midwife shortages in the country, according to figures from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Guildford’s Royal Surrey County Hospital and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust have the fewest number of midwives per 1,000 births in the whole of the South East.
The RCM, the professional and trade union organisation representing 95 percent of midwives, called for hundreds more to be recruited.
It criticised regional health bosses for slashing maternity funding.
Meanwhile, Britain’s International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, said the £75 million aid would help Bangladesh “protect its people further from impacts such as rising sea-levels, water-logged land and increased salinity.”
Fact: In the South West of England, a funding shortfall is putting the lives of thousands of heart attack patients in the South West at risk because they are not receiving the proper care, a new report has revealed.
A lack of money for life-saving cardiac rehabilitation treatment means that more than half of all heart attack sufferers are missing out on vital life-saving treatment. Research by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has found that only 47 percent of patients in the South West receive cardiac rehabilitation — the Government’s target is 85 percent.
Heart disease is one of the UK’s biggest killers and BHF campaigns officer John Bayly said: “It comes down to money. It is a national problem and in the end, it directly affects people’s health.”
Fact: Hospitals in Surrey have among the worst midwife shortages in the country, according to figures from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Guildford’s Royal Surrey County Hospital and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust have the fewest number of midwives per 1,000 births in the whole of the South East.
The RCM, the professional and trade union organisation representing 95 percent of midwives, called for hundreds more to be recruited.
It criticised regional health bosses for slashing maternity funding.
Meanwhile, Britain’s International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, said the £75 million aid would help Bangladesh “protect its people further from impacts such as rising sea-levels, water-logged land and increased salinity.”
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