NHS bosses have slammed “rip off” overtime rate claimed by consultants as hospitals try to slash waiting times, according to reports. A BBC investigation found consultants earning the most were more likely to be part-time, which means they can work overtime for rates of £200 an hour – more thanContinue Reading
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ debut budget pledged increases of £22.6 billion in day-to-day spending for the NHS and £3.1 billion in capital spending over the next two years. The increase in day-to-day spending is intended to fulfil Labour’s campaign promise of “40,000 more appointments per week” from their election manifesto. ThisContinue Reading
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said over the weekend that a second Trump administration would advise the nation to remove fluoride from public water supplies. He wrote that former President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, want to “Make America Healthy Again,” also sharing a link regarding a recent court rulingContinue Reading
H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But why were we worrying specifically about pigs? And does this case – detected on a farm inContinue Reading
A major new campaign has been launched to help people identify stroke symptoms after it emerged the average time it took for a sufferer to dial 999 was an hour and a half. The NHS on Monday urged the public to call 999 immediately if anyone experiences one of theContinue Reading
Families of two babies reportedly switched at birth in an NHS hospital in 1967 are now in line for compensation in the first case of its kind. The baby girls, now grown women named in reports only as Claire and Jessica, were switched at an NHS West Midlands hospital shortlyContinue Reading
Families of two babies reportedly switched at birth in an NHS hospital in 1967 are now in line for compensation in the first case of its kind. The baby girls, now grown women named in reports only as Claire and Jessica, were switched at an NHS West Midlands hospital shortlyContinue Reading
Austerity measures, originally introduced by the coalition government in 2010, led to a dramatic increase in premature births and low-weight births, a new study has shown. Birth rates in Scotland found “marked increases” in babies born smaller or prematurely were particularly evident in the most deprived areas, according to theContinue Reading
A medical technology trial using iPhones in the detection of throat cancer is being undertaken by the NHS amid a surge of referrals creating waiting list backlogs. Nervous patients often have to wait weeks to get the all-clear, but it is hoped a new camera device attached to a smartphoneContinue Reading
Investing in pediatric emergency care could save lives more than 2,100 lives each year, new research found. The study also reported that a quarter of childhood deaths are preventable and investing in the care could save more children. The price of such an investment would be modest, ranging from noContinue Reading
