The health minister said it was a “lonely and challenging position” as the sole Ulster Unionist minister in the executive during the pandemic. Mr Swann was appointed health minister in January 2020 when power sharing at Stormont returned. But he added that on recollection it was also a “strength” as he did not have to...
The once a day pill Tafamidis is now available on the NHS in England. Source link
In May 1983, Dr Spence Galbraith, the director of the UK’s Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, wrote to Dr Ian Field, the senior principal medical officer at the Department of Health, urging that all US blood products should be withdrawn from use until the risk of Aids was “clarified”. Source link
Five babies have died from the infection amid a rise in cases in the UK. Source link
BBC Wales’ Lucy Owen on her mum’s regrets at taking no notice of bowel cancer test offers. Source link
Tanya Shepherd has received pioneering blood treatment to prevent her body rejecting her new hands. Source link
There were 1,300 cases of the bacterial infection in March, after just over 900 in February in England. Source link
About 1,750 people are unaware they caught hepatitis C from infected blood, BBC analysis reveals. Source link
Rather than making sound louder, like a hearing aid, it gives the “sensation” of hearing, by directly stimulating the auditory nerve that communicates with the brain, bypassing the damaged sound-sensing hair cells in a part of the inner ear known as the cochlea. Source link
For a midweek afternoon and evening shift, the agency charges trusts £91.45 per hour, 85% above what the nurse is paid, at £49.50 per hour. Our calculations indicate that for a single Friday shift the trust is charged almost £1,000, of which £539 goes to the nurse, and £400 goes to the agency. Source link