A major NHS trust could lose the equivalent of 60 consultants because of doctors’ refusal to work overtime, its chief executive fears. Dr David Rosser, of University Hospitals Birmingham, said pension tax changes mean consultants fear extra earnings will trigger large bills. One senior doctor covered shifts, which would otherwise have gone unstaffed, for free […]
Image copyright Google Image caption Three students at Hobart High School have contracted measles A head teacher has written to parents to remind them to make sure their children are immunised after a measles outbreak at his school. Jim Adams wrote to parents after three cases were confirmed at Hobart High School, Loddon, Norfolk. “Measles […]
Image copyright Family handout Image caption Sophie Burgess died in hospital before seeing her babies A hospital trust says lessons have been learned in how to better identify and manage sepsis after a woman died hours after giving birth to twins. The trust said it offered “regret for the circumstances” leading to Sophie Burgess’s death […]
Image copyright Getty Images Women can be assured that menstrual cups are as leakproof as tampons and pads, say researchers who have carried out the first, large scientific review of sanitary products. Menstrual cups collect rather than absorb period blood. They fit into the vagina but, unlike tampons, are reusable. Although they have been gaining […]
Image copyright Luton & Dunstable University Hospital Image caption The scaffolding was put up in March A former 1930s council house is being transformed into accommodation for parents whose babies are being cared for at a neo-natal unit. About 70 different trades people have volunteered to help renovate the building in Luton for the Luton […]
Image copyright South Beds News Agency Image caption Discharge summaries can contain details of any changes to medication as well as follow-up appointments or tests A computer problem affecting thousands of hospital patients has not led to anyone coming to harm, the NHS said. Last September, East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust found 14,600 patients […]
Image copyright Family Handout Image caption Tafida Raqeeb’s mother said her daughter was “completely healthy” before her sudden brain injury The parents of a five-year-old girl in a coma have begun a legal challenge after doctors said it was in her best interests to be allowed to die. Royal London Hospital doctors have said there […]
Image copyright Getty Images The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland soared to 1,187 last year, according to official statistics. The figure is 27% higher than the previous year, and the highest since records began in 1996. It means there were more drug-related deaths in Scotland last year than the 1,136 alcohol-specific deaths. And the […]
Image caption Laura Shah was diagnosed with the disease when she was 15 years old The origins of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa are in both the mind and the body, according to an international study. Anorexia is seen as a serious psychiatric disease. But doctors at King’s College London showed changes hardwired into some […]
Image copyright Getty Images Nearly everyone can lower their risk of dementia, even if it runs in the family, by living a healthy lifestyle, research suggests. The study of nearly 200,000 people showed the risk fell by up to a third. The team at the University of Exeter said the results were exciting, empowering and […]
