The number of people in England being diagnosed with dementia is at a record high as the NHS begins to recover from a post-pandemic dip, according to figures. The latest data shows a record 487,432 people had a diagnosis in June – up from 77,112 in the same month lastContinue Reading
Half of Labour voters do not think newly qualified junior doctors or new nurses are paid enough, a new poll has suggested. Researchers from King’s College London also found more than 50 per cent of people do not believe nurses are well paid, while 61 per cent believe hospital chiefsContinue Reading
A global IT outage hit one-third of drug deliveries to pharmacies in England as chaos impacted on thousands of GP practices and hospitals across the country declared critical incidents. GPs, pharmacies and NHS 111 services across the country suffered major disruption on Friday after an update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrikeContinue Reading
Police have launched an urgent search for two patients who have escaped aLondon mental health hospital. The men, Adil Maxamed, 20, and Ramon Martin, 31 were two of three patients who absconded from Springfield Hospital in south west London on Friday night. Met officers detained one man at around 00:45hrsContinue Reading
A five-year-old boy has been able to leave his home for the first time in six months following a successful stem cell transplant made from a baby’s umbilical cord blood, which was donated 15 years ago. Gunner Lewis-Vale, from Shropshire, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder in March 2021,Continue Reading
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged people to “bear with” GPs amid a major IT outage that has caused “considerable disruption” to appointment bookings and other services. Thousands of GP practices have been affected, with NHS England confirming there has been an issue with the EMIS Web system, which isContinue Reading
illustrisima/Shutterstock Throughout human history, different infectious diseases have taken the mantle of “most deadly disease” infecting humans. In the past century alone, the human population has experienced many pandemics: COVID, HIV and various influenza outbreaks – to name a few. Some have lasted for centuries and persist today, such asContinue Reading
SB Arts Media/Shutterstock We all know physical activity has many health benefits, including for mental health. It helps manage stress, ease joint or back pain, and boost energy levels. Exercise can also improve brain function and sleep, and lift mood. In contrast, inactivity or spending too much time sedentary isContinue Reading
A fifth of the nursing and midwifery professionals who left the register in the last year did so within 10 years of joining, figures show. Nursing leaders described the statistic as “deeply alarming” and called on ministers to “grasp the nettle and make nursing an attractive career”. The latest NursingContinue Reading
Mass deaths and economic pain during the Covid-19 pandemic were driven by “fatal flaws” in planning by the government, civil servants and scientists who prepared for the “wrong pandemic”, a public inquiry has found. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry, chaired by Heather Hallett, published its first report on Thursday, focusing on theContinue Reading
