Almost 2 million more people will be suffering from sore backs, necks and other body parts by 2040 due to a surge in chronic pain caused by England’s ageing population, new research shows. The number of people in England aged […]
Number of people with chronic pain in England to rise by 1.9m by 2040 | Health Read More »
British doctors of BAME origin and overseas-trained medics working in the UK experience “persistent and pernicious” inequality throughout their careers, the medical regulator has warned. The General Medical Council (GMC) said too many doctors are still being reported by their
British BAME and foreign doctors ‘suffer discrimination throughout careers’ | NHS Read More »
Going breakdancing today? If so, maybe go easy on the headspins. Unless you want to end up with a “cone-head”, that is. Breakdancing’s extreme physical demands mean it is known to involve a high risk of injury: everything from hair
Breakdancers told too many headspins could give them a ‘cone-head’ | Health Read More »
Teachers are picking up the pieces of the deepening crisis in children and young people’s mental health, with many regularly helping pupils in distress on top of their classroom duties. Teachers say they are playing an important role in supporting
Doctors and health charities have urged Rachel Reeves to hit tobacco firms with a financial double whammy, including a windfall tax in the budget, to help fund Labour’s drive to eradicate smoking. They are suggesting a one-off £74m surcharge and
Keir Starmer’s pledge to “bring back the family doctor” is in doubt because more and more patients will not see a GP over the next 10 years, according to research. By 2034 qualified GPs in England will deliver just 70%
GP care analysis casts doubt on Labour pledge to ‘bring back the family doctor’ | GPs Read More »
A grieving mother has told an inquest how secretive, evasive and “patronising” behaviour by NHS staff was “traumatic” and led to her spending years seeking the truth about her daughter’s death. Jedidajah Otte told how she encountered a “stubborn refusal”
Mother repeatedly ‘kept in dark’ about reason for baby’s death, inquest told | NHS Read More »
High street pharmacies are closing at such an alarming rate that it threatens the drive to use them instead of GPs to care for millions of people, the NHS’s patient champion warns today. A total of 436 community pharmacies in
An NHS trust that gave four newborn babies contaminated feed has admitted that it was operating “an entirely unsafe system” at the time they became infected. The admission came during evidence by a senior doctor at Guy’s and St Thomas’
Hospital where baby died from infected feed had ‘entirely unsafe system’ | Hospitals Read More »
Breast cancer patients who continue to smoke after having radiotherapy are at much higher risk of their treatment causing them lung cancer in the future, research has found. Two in three of those diagnosed with early breast cancer in the
