Kategori: NHS
Racist couple filmed yelling abuse at NHS nurse walking in park with family
In a social media post, she wrote: ‘After what happened, it only validated my decision to leave.’
Baby dies of whooping cough with childhood vaccine rates at lowest level for 15 years
This is the first death from whooping cough so far this year.
‘Life saver’ chickenpox vaccine to be offered to children in England for free
The plan could save parents and children from taking time off sick (Picture: Getty Images)
Children will be offered a chickenpox vaccine for free on the NHS from next year.
Around half a million children each year could be given the free …
It was supposed to be a routine biopsy – then my daughter died
My baby girl was gone, aged six.
Migrant protests, Farage’s footy shirt, and more rail fare fury
Readers discuss protests at the Bell Hotel, property tax and the allocation of government funds.
Cambridge Royal Papworth Hospital pays out over three deaths ‘linked to its water supply’
The hospital foundation has denied any liability.
You’re most likely to be scammed buying these medicines online
A vast network of over 5,000 fraudulent online pharmacies has been found, and they’re selling in the UK.
Lyme disease: What does a tick bite look like?
The number of people being diagnosed with Lyme disease is rising.
Fees for A&E: Could charging patients reduce ‘time-wasters’ and shorten waits?
Readers discuss pressure on the NHS, Liam Gallagher, ‘boy-racer’ drivers and transport preferences.
London nurse ‘doesn’t feel safe’ treating patients after being punched in the head
‘It’s not going to help with our retention and recruitment if you think you’re going to be clobbered every shift.’
Brazilian butt lift bans, solar-farm scare stories and tenant tribunals
Readers discuss imaginary ideals, ingrained sexism, the Renters’ Rights Bill and unpaid NHS bills.
Women as young as 17 are being told to ‘get pregnant’ to ease chronic pain
‘It made my endo 10 times worse.’
I died for 10 minutes — this is what it’s like to be dead
‘They call me the miracle man.’
Baby’s one in 1,000,000 condition was diagnosed after a comment about his head
Conor O’Rourke received specialist surgery in what’s thought to be a world first.
Weight-loss drugs, characteristic compassion and bus stop battles
Readers discuss weight loss drugs on the NHS, aiding children from Gaza and anti-social behavior on public transport.
Corbyn vs Starmer, modern manners, and a crumbling NHS
Readers discuss Labour’s track record, a lady’s drawers and the net zero programme.
Corbyn vs Starmer, modern manners, and a crumbling NHS
Readers discuss Labour’s track record, a lady’s drawers and the net zero programme.
My wife ended her life seven months after we got married
The day before New Year’s Eve, Joseph Dewey hung up the phone, unaware it was the last time he’d hear his wife Cate’s voice.
World’s first gonorrhea vaccination programme to be rolled out in England
The vaccine could avert 100,000 cases of the disease.
Paralysed mum ‘stuck in hell’ after hospital stuff ‘refused to wash her’
‘I felt dehumanised and demoralised.’
The avoidable health problem causing thousands of UK children to miss school
And the poorest children are the worst affected.
A stranger’s rude question left me in fear of one word
Now, at 31, I finally feel genuine pride in my identity.
‘I’m a paramedic in Gaza – the suffering is ten times anything I’ve ever witnessed’
Sam Sears said ‘countless’ patients are being treated for critical injuries.
The alarming health problem forcing children to miss school
They studied over 260,000 school children.
Almost half of people don’t wash their hands after using hospital loos
Experts said the findings were concerning for patient safety (Picture: Getty Images)
It’s one of the simplest steps in stopping germs from spreading – but nearly half of hospital toilet users are failing to wash their hands, a new study ha…