Blood pressure warning over small change that can have huge impact on readings The NHS advises that normal blood pressure is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2024
Labour reshuffle: Who’s in and who’s out of Starmer’s top team after Sue Gray resigns Sue Gray resigned less than 100 days after starting her No 10 role The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2024
Address ‘non-existent’ severe ME care or risk further deaths, UK health minister told Coroner who heard inquest into death of Maeve Boothby O’Neill calls for action to tackle chronic fatigue syndrome The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024
Thomas Kwan: Disguised GP who poisoned mother's partner with fake Covid jab admits attempted murder Thomas Kwan, 53, faces a lengthy spell behind bars for the attack in Newcastle Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2024
Big Brother viewers all make same complaint about this year’s lineup Viewer remarked producers had found cast at a ‘university dorm’ The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2024
Scottish NHS boards pay up to £837 an hour for locums amid psychiatry crisis Quarter of posts in adult psychiatry vacant, forcing hospitals to rely on expensive private cover The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024
‘No care left in the system’: patients on use of locum psychiatrists in Scotland Patients angry at getting contradictory advice, inconsistent care and facing indifference from locums, survey finds The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024
Inquest to open over deaths of patients treated by breast surgeon Ian Paterson One of UK’s largest ever inquests to begin at Birmingham and Solihull coroner’s court with cases of 62 people The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024
NHS maternity staff to receive mandatory training to improve patient safety Obstetricians, midwives and obstetric anaesthetists will take part in pilots after damning report by health regulator The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024
GP care analysis casts doubt on Labour pledge to ‘bring back the family doctor’ Patients will increasingly see nurses, physiotherapists or pharmacists instead of GPs, says Frontier Economics study The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024
Who is in Keir Starmer’s top team at No 10 after Sue Gray resignation? Morgan McSweeney named new chief of staff as PM makes five changes to key personnel The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024
Health chiefs launch review to tackle ‘poor care’ faced by many young sickle cell disease sufferers It is estimated that around 300 babies are born in the UK with sickle cell disease each year The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024
How to stop drooling in your sleep: 6 tried and tested tricks from experts Drool as you sleep? This is why and how to stop it in its tracks - according to the experts Tom’s Guide · Oct 6, 2024
'It saves lives': Experts urge England to follow Scotland on minimum unit pricing EXPERTS are urging the UK Government to follow Scotland’s lead and introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol in England. The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2024
Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2024 Weight loss drugs shouldn’t create ‘dependency culture’, says Health Secretary Mr Sweeting said it was in “everyone’s interest to play their part” and avoid overloading the health system.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024 Coroners warn of risk to lives without urgent reform of NHS adult care Health secretary Wes Streeting told to speed up changes as inability to free up hospital bed linked to deaths of patients
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2024 Blood test detecting 12 cancers at an early stage receives government funding Health secretary Wes Streeting says the blood tests, which cost £120, will check for lung, breast and bladder cancer
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024 Study of new personalised cancer therapies could ‘transform’ how the disease is treated Large-scale clinical project could give real-time view of how well treatments are working and lead to earlier diagnoses
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024 Government to fund £120 blood test that could detect 12 most common cancers Mionco screening has potential to be a ‘gamechanger’ in five years, says health secretary, Wes Streeting
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024 Less haste more speed will win Labour the race to fix 21st-century Britain Rebuilding existing infrastructure is key for the government rather than rushed policymaking for new projects
The National (Scotland) · Oct 5, 2024 SNP: PM accepts glasses gift as free eye tests in Scotland reach record high THE number of free eye exams delivered by the NHS in Scotland has reached record highs, new figures show.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024 Mother repeatedly ‘kept in dark’ about reason for baby’s death, inquest told Jedidajah Otte accuses London NHS trust of ‘dishonesty’ over three-month-old Aviva’s death and infected baby feed
Ideal Home · Oct 5, 2024 Can the colour of your home affect SAD? The experts say yes, and these are the colours you should be using When the winter blues are in full swing, your home should become your sanctuary
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024 The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: once he was his party’s future – not now Editorial: The former Tory leader hopes his memoirs will keep him in the political spotlight, but he is no longer the Tory asset he once was
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024 Why we urgently need to change the law on assisted dying Letters: Readers respond to the debate and upcoming vote in parliament on assisted dying