A scandal-hit private hospital group faced such a severe financial crisis that it warned it would stop paying for patients’ drugs and food, as well as agency staff – but still agreed bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds for executives, The Independent can reveal. Active Care Group, which provides hospital and care beds toContinue Reading
The first patients in the UK have had a new device implanted to prevent severe acid reflux disease. University Hospital Southampton (UHS) and Imperial College London have become the first NHS trusts in the country to install the device called the RefluxStop, with Southampton being the first to use roboticContinue Reading
A scandal-hit private hospital group faced such a severe financial crisis that it threatened to stop paying for food, drugs and agency staff as bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds were agreed for executives, The Independent can reveal. Active Care Group, which provides hospital and care beds to hundreds of NHS and social care patients,Continue Reading
Two suppliers of supermarket sandwiches, wraps and salads are recalling various products because of a risk they could be contaminated with E. coli. More than 200 people in the UK have been infected by an outbreak of the bacteria, suspected to be linked to food, since 25 May. At leastContinue Reading
It will take months for hospitals to recover from a major cyber attack that cancelled thousands of appointments, the health authorities have admitted. NHS England has confirmed that from 3 to 9 June, more than 800 planned operations and 700 outpatient appointments were cancelled after pathology services were hit byContinue Reading
Timofeyev Alexander/Shutterstock According to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of antibacterial agents, including antibiotics, has increased from 80 in 2021 to 97 in 2023. However, the health agency says there is a “pressing need for new, innovative agents for serious infections and to replaceContinue Reading
PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Social care often seems to be the forgotten sibling of the NHS. The UK clapped for NHS staff during the pandemic, which was truly deserved. But there was no applause for those at the front line of social care, the people providing care to some ofContinue Reading
The owners of a group of privately-run children’s mental health hospitals are facing legal action by dozens of former patients, who claim they suffered inhuman and degrading treatment at the facilities. Hospitals formerly run by The Huntercombe Group face at least 54 individual clinical negligence claims, The Independent can reveal.Continue Reading
A combination of two immunotherapy drugs could be used to treat the most common form of bowel cancer, scientists have said, after trials showed tumours had shrunk or remained stable in three out of five patients. Botensilimab and balstilimab could “offer new hope” for those diagnosed with a type ofContinue Reading
Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock Some people seem to be more resilient to developing Alzheimer’s diseases, despite having the biological hallmarks of the devastating disease. For obvious reasons, scientists are very interested in studying this special group of people. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is thought to start because of aContinue Reading
