Infected blood victims to hear report into an NHS disaster Nathan Williams Live reporter The final report on what’s been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS is due to be published this lunchtime. Tens of thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after they were given...
He was upbeat but in pain when I used to visit him at the specialist liver unit in Kings College Hospital, London. He was, however, determined to see the start of the inquiry and on that day – 28 September 2018 – he appeared live on the BBC alongside Su and a panel of guests....
Sarah Kilgariff, who lives near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, applied for an EHCP for her son Freddie last July, after the five-year-old suffered a stroke because of a complication from chickenpox. Ms Kilgariff says Freddie now suffers from fatigue, struggles to regulate his emotions, and is back to wearing nappies. She says because of his needs, her...
While Dr McConkey works with children, he said he is also aware of the impact of the shortages on adults. “I’ve heard of some adults asking their bosses to make reasonable adaptations because of the fact they aren’t having access to medication and in some cases those people have lost their jobs,” he said. “So...
England began vaccinating teenage girls in 2008 and results show it is paying off. Source link
Aidan McKay says a childhood spent farming is a major factor for his stage four skin cancer. Source link
Members of the British Medical Association union have been staging walkouts for more than a year. Source link
Since 2022, hospitals like NNUH have increasingly adopted a new way of working called the Continuous Flow Model, in which patients are sent from A&E to wards and other areas even if they are full. They have done this to address soaring ambulance waits outside A&E as paramedics try to offload patients. In the UK,...
The woman required emergency hospital treatment following the procedure in a hotel function room. Source link
Sophie Harvey, of St Mary’s Road, Cirencester, is accused of taking the drug to end her pregnancy. Source link