NHS launches probe after five-year-old takes records of 150 patients to school to use as ‘drawing paper’ By Shaun Wooller Health Editor For The Daily Mail Updated: 16:31 BST, 5 May 2023 The NHS has launched a probe after a pupil took printed records containing details of 150 patients to school to use as drawing … Read more
Keir Starmer repeatedly refuses to criticise nurses who will walk out on strike tonight leaving minimal cover in accident and emergency units as Labour leader says he understands why they are walking out The Labour leader was given repeated opportunities to comment on RCN strike Only limited exemption to walkouts for children’s units like Great … Read more
The places and things that make Britons most proud to be British have been revealed in a new survey – and it’s the classic treat of fish and chips that takes the top spot. It garnered 61 per cent of the vote, with the NHS in second place (56 per cent), and Big Ben and … Read more
A beauty queen and junior doctor has today told how she quit the British Medical Association because it was too ‘cliquey’. Dr Bhasha Mukherjee, former Miss England, revealed the union — which is behind the four-day junior doctors’ strike, considered the worst in the NHS‘s history — left her feeling ‘ostracised’ on picket lines. She … Read more
An NHS trust has sparked fury after warning that immigrant doctors who take to picket lines could be referred to Border Force. An unnamed medic at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust messaged staff to warn that any medic on a work visa who strikes would have their ‘absence’ reported to the Home Office — which could … Read more
I’m a sleep expert – this is why falling asleep within 5 minutes is a ‘bad sign’ Dr Sophie Bostock, dubbed The Sleep Scientist, gained a PhD from UCL Falling asleep in under five minutes indicates you are sleep deprived, she said The secret to a satisfying sleep instead lies in drifting off in under … Read more
Batten down the hatches: Wave of strikes may be worse than misery of the winter of discontent, senior Tory warns Steve Brine chairman of the Commons health committee said these strikes are potentially ‘more concerning’ New anti-strike laws have made it harder to legally call strikes NHS Christmas walkout on December 20 could bring the country to … Read more
All 400,000 Britons with type 1 diabetes to be offered a high-tech implant that monitors their blood sugar level in real time People with type 1 diabetes will be offered continuous blood glucose monitors Device is no larger than £2 coin, sits on the arm and sends readings to a phone Implant will mean not having to … Read more
Record number of children are being treated by the NHS for eating disorders following pandemic 10,000 children started treatment for eating disorders April-December last year Figures have increased by nearly two-thirds on the number before the pandemic NHS officials suggested rise could be from unpredictability of the pandemic and disruption to routines By Stephen Adams Health Editor … Read more
‘We WON’T have face-to-face GP league tables’: Row erupts as medical union bosses claim they have won ‘significant concessions’ over plans to overhaul appointments… but health officials deny it GPs claimed they won ‘concessions’ over plans for face-to-face appointments But Department of Health officials deny claim and said it would press ahead to publish surgery-level … Read more