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A Bleeding Patient Refused Urgent Care Until Doctors Tried to Save the Pet Chicken Hidden in His Luggage

A bleeding patient refused urgent care until staff tried to save his hidden pet chicken. A 2026 NEJM essay says pets can shape care decisions.

Medical Daily · 22m ago

A London Power Failure Froze 70M+ Revolut Accounts and Exposed Digital Banking's Weak Spot

Google Cloud's London power outage disrupted 30+ services Oct. 20, freezing Revolut accounts for millions across the U.S. and Latin America

Latin Times · 14h ago

The unforgivable Covid shortcomings that left our care homes defenceless

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The failings of the former health secretary Matt Hancock – and successive governments – have been laid bare in the latest stage of an inquiry that makes abundantly clear how care homes were left as an afterthought

The Independent UK · 18h ago

Matt Hancock’s care home protective ring claim ‘unfounded’, Covid report finds

There were more than 43,000 recorded care home deaths involving Covid-19 between March 2020 and July 2022.

Evening Standard · Oct 20

UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

Inquiry chair says failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital was ‘significant oversight’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20

NHS doctors call government’s proposed pay rise ‘derisory’ and mull further strikes

The British Medical Association (BMA) described the figure as a ‘pay cut’

The Independent UK · Oct 20

Four health checks men should stop putting off in their 40s, 50s and 60s

On average, men in the UK die almost four years earlier than women from largely preventable diseases

The Independent UK · Oct 20

Public support for founding principles of NHS is falling across UK population

Rise in economic hardship and changes in attitudes towards migration could explain drop in support, experts say

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20

Criminals in London hospitals face benefits ban under new government rules

The move follows years of campaigning by victims’ families who have called for an end to the so-called ‘double provision’ loophole

Evening Standard · Oct 19

Leading A&E medics sound alarm over NHS winter pressures

Experts also warned the NHS is at the point ‘where we can’t tell where one crisis ends and the next begins’.

Evening Standard · Oct 19