Image copyright PA Media Waiting lists for routine surgery have risen by up to 50% in England because senior doctors say they cannot afford to work extra shifts. Consultants have begun refusing to work beyond their planned hours after receiving unexpected tax bills, following new pension rules in 2016. NHS hospitals said delays are becoming […]
Media captionThe effects of air pollution on human health Children who live in Birmingham could have their lives cut short by up to seven months due to the levels of air pollution, a study has found. King’s College London researchers say that an eight-year-old born in 2011 may die between two to seven months early […]
Image caption Michael Tupper said he wanted hospitals “to do what they legally required to do” A registered blind man is taking a hospital trust to court because its eye department keeps sending him letters he cannot read. Michael Tupper, 72, who can only read large print with a magnifying glass, has accused East Lancashire […]
Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption The couple said they turned to IVF after years of trying to have children An Asian couple who tried to conceive through IVF has claimed that a mix-up at a California fertility clinic left them pregnant with the wrong children. A lawsuit filed by the couple in New […]
Media caption‘I was imagining the cancers cells were growing’ Chemotherapy sessions for patients at Northern Ireland’s main cancer centre are being cancelled because it does not operate on bank holidays. Approximately 780 patients at the Belfast Cancer Centre had treatments in April and May cancelled. Some patients had their treatment rescheduled, but others did not. […]
Media captionLead scientist Dr Natasha Van Zyl said rewiring the nerves was like “being a bit of a biological electrician” Nerves inside paralysed people’s bodies have been “rewired” to give movement to their arms and hands, say Australian surgeons. Patients can now feed themselves, put on make-up, turn a key, handle money and type at […]
Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption A virus of the common cold infected and killed bladder cancer cells in the study A strain of the common cold virus can infect and kill bladder cancer cells, a small study suggests. All signs of the disease disappeared in one patient, and in 14 others there was […]
Media captionSepsis death father: “If my son had been tested he’d still be here” Patients’ lives are being put at risk because of delays giving them treatment for sepsis, experts are warning. Hospitals are meant to put patients on an antibiotic drip within an hour when sepsis is suspected – but research by BBC News […]
Media captionLead scientist Dr Natasha Van Zyl said rewiring the nerves was like “being a bit of a biological electrician” Nerves inside paralysed people’s bodies have been “rewired” to give movement to their arms and hands, say Australian surgeons. Patients can now feed themselves, put on make-up, turn a key, handle money and type at […]
Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption A virus of the common cold infected and killed bladder cancer cells in the study A strain of the common cold virus can infect and kill bladder cancer cells, a small study suggests. All signs of the disease disappeared in one patient, and in 14 others there was […]
