Image copyright Getty Images A victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) who was traumatised by her reversal procedure has welcomed the opening of support clinics in England. Jane, not her real name, said she felt “helpless” following the operation, blaming a lack of emotional support. Now eight walk-in FGM centres, in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and […]
Image copyright Getty Images A victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) who was traumatised by her reversal procedure has welcomed the opening of support clinics in England. Jane, not her real name, said she felt “helpless” following the operation, blaming a lack of emotional support. Now eight walk-in FGM centres, in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and […]
Image copyright Daily Record Image caption SNP MP Marion Fellows with granddaughter Saoirse, who was diagnosed when she was three weeks old Families have welcomed a deal which will make two “life-changing” cystic fibrosis drugs available to eligible patients in Scotland. A five-year agreement has been reached between the Scottish government and pharmaceutical company Vertex […]
Image copyright Daily Record Image caption SNP MP Marion Fellows with granddaughter Saoirse, who was diagnosed when she was three weeks old Families have welcomed a deal which will make two “life-changing” cystic fibrosis drugs available to eligible patients in Scotland. A five-year agreement has been reached between the Scottish government and pharmaceutical company Vertex […]
Image copyright Daily Record Image caption SNP MP Marion Fellows with granddaughter Saoirse, who was diagnosed when she was three weeks old Families have welcomed a deal which will make two “life-changing” cystic fibrosis drugs available to eligible patients in Scotland. A five-year agreement has been reached between the Scottish government and pharmaceutical company Vertex […]
Image copyright Alamy The NHS needs to be given a legal right to buy out “toxic” deals hospitals have agreed for new buildings, experts say. More than 100 schemes were signed off over the past 20 years in England under PFI contracts where private firms paid for new hospitals and centres. In return, NHS trusts […]
Image copyright Alamy The NHS needs to be given a legal right to buy out “toxic” deals hospitals have agreed for new buildings, experts say. More than 100 schemes were signed off over the past 20 years in England under PFI contracts where private firms paid for new hospitals and centres. In return, NHS trusts […]
Image copyright Alamy The NHS needs to be given a legal right to buy out “toxic” deals hospitals have agreed for new buildings, experts say. More than 100 schemes were signed off over the past 20 years in England under PFI contracts where private firms paid for new hospitals and centres. In return, NHS trusts […]
Image copyright Getty Images A campaign group’s video of a patient dying in agony in a hospice has provoked outrage from doctors and nurses, who say it is ‘”scaremongering” and “sensationalist”. Dignity in Dying, which produced the film, said it was “a realistic portrayal” of the deaths of a minority of people in the UK. […]
Image caption Nicole Rich has had treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital as part of a drugs trial Families of children with a rare degenerative disease have won their fight for funding for NHS treatment. The four children, from Newcastle and Cheshire, have Batten disease, which is incurable and causes seizures, visual impairment and mobility […]
