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Do you drink ‘plenty’ of water every day, as NHS guidelines suggest we all should? Or do you forget, and find it’s the end of the day and all you’ve consumed is coffee and tea? If you are in the latter camp, you’re not alone. At least a third of Britons claim not to drink … Read more
One in four new NHS medics come from countries that are ‘banned’ from working for the health service, figures have revealed. The NHS’ Code of Practice lists 97 nations that ‘should not be actively recruited from’ because they receive aid or suffer from a shortages of medics. But an investigation has shown certain NHS trusts … Read more
The heartbroken parents of two terminally-ill children have launched legal action to get a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS. Oliver, eight, and Amelia Carroll, six, suffer from fatal neuro-degenerative condition Batten disease. There is no cure for the condition, which is estimated to affect 30 to 50 children in the UK, meaning Oliver and … Read more
A 21-year-old man died after his GP failed to alert him he was eligible for a free meningitis vaccine due to a computer blunder. Tim Mason began to fell unwell on March 15 last year but pushed on regardless. The following day, Mr Mason, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, woke in the early hours violently vomiting, prompting … Read more
Thousands of prostate cancer patients could be spared side effects of radiotherapy thanks to gel which protects organs from radiation A new gel could spare prostate cancer patients from radiotherapy side effects NHS bosses have approved its funding and 1,000 men will recieve it in 2020 The gel is injected before radiotherapy and provides cushion … Read more
Scandal-hit NHS trust at centre of baby deaths review receives its FOURTH warning in eight months from CQC over the safety of its emergency services Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust warned over its lack of paediatric staff Young emergency patients weren’t getting care in 15-minute national guideline Latest in string of scandals at beleaguered trust being … Read more
Ambulance services records 80% jump in staff leaving the workforce as 33,000 employees have quit since 2010 The number of people leaving NHS ambulance trusts hit 4,875 in 2017-18 That is a rise of 80 per cent from the 2,704 who left in 2010-11, figures show A third of ambulance staff have been victims of … Read more
Britain’s expanding waistlines hit record levels as women’s increase by up to THREE inches on average and men’s by two inches in 24 years Women’s waists grew three inches in 24 years and men’s are two inches bigger Experts warned that many more of us are overweight than we were in the past But data … Read more