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Healthcare Navigators - The new way to be seen:

From October 2018, you may have noticed a change when you ask for an appointment. You may now speak to a 'Healthcare Navigator' who is trained to offer you an appointment with the most appropriate person depending on your need and urgency.

They may ask you a couple of questions in order to navigate you to the person best suited to help you. The Healthcare Navigator is not being nosey, nor will they make any clinical decisions, they have been trained to help you get the most appropriate care, from the most appropriate person.
Healthcare Navigators, like all members of the team, are bound by the same confidentiality rules.
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Lives 'destroyed by NHS eating disorder failures'
As more than a million people struggle with illnesses such as anorexia, two reports say more must be done.
Listeria outbreak: More affected hospitals named
Eight hospitals have reported cases of listeria linked to sandwiches and salads eaten by patients.
Theresa May calls for mental health to be priority
Tackling mental health problems needs 'urgent attention', says the prime minister.
Lyme disease has 'dominated' my life
Morven-May MacCallum speaks out as GPs are urged to be vigilant about the infection spread by ticks.
Divorce likely to put weight on children, study finds
Study compared the weights of children whose parents had broken up with those whose parents had not.
End-of-life care not 'culturally competent'
A study hopes to boost the small number of black and Asian people using end-of-life care services.
Deadly Ebola outbreak 'not global threat'
But World Health Organization says it is an emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo and needs more funding.
Tattoo parlours pose infection risk, warn health experts
With one in five adults now having a tattoo, more should be done to protect the public, a report says.
Nyall Brown death: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust criticised
Mental health trust staff do not always read a patient's notes before seeing them, says a coroner.
What does personalised medicine mean for you?
Technology is making it possible to tailor treatments to ever smaller groups of patients.

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"Afternoon heart surgery has lower risk of complications, study suggests," says The Guardian. Researchers...
Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
"Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report...
Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
"Common blood thinning drugs halve the risk of dementia for patients who have an irregular heartbeat,"...
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