Earlier this year, an NHS investigation found that surgeon Anthony Dixon had caused women “to suffer harm” as a result of mesh operations he carried out between 2007 and 2017. …
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The secretive hard-Left group driving the NHS junior doctors’ strike
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminFurnivall et al, in the British Medical Journal, found that there was a 9.75 per cent increase in deaths in A&E units (31 more deaths) in strike weeks compared to …
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Statins should be offered to anyone who wants them under new NHS guidance
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminAny who wants to take statins should be able to opt out of cholesterol-fighting drugs under radical new guidance from the NHS. Currently around 8 million people in the UK …
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NHS trans plans will make maternity care ‘the next Tavistock’, midwives warn
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminMidwives are in rebellion over new NHS transgender training schemes that ‘could be a repeat of the Tavistock scandal”. NHS England is recruiting a group to run”gender inclusive training” in …
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Call for UK to consider US-approved drug that slows Alzheimer’s cognitive decline
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminUS regulators approved a breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug that reduced cognitive decline in a major study.The US Food and Drug Administration has accelerated approval of Leqembi, also known as lecanemab, one …
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Striking health workers could get pay boost from April in return for radical reforms
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminMonday, sir barclay it will outline plans to expand hospital bed capacity to ease the “lockdown” seen as hospitals have become overcrowded. Hospitals will be asked to reduce bed occupancy …
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Nearly half-a-million take out private health insurance in 2022 as NHS crisis deepens
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminAbout half a million people have taken private health insurance over the past year, The Telegraph can reveal, with the NHS increasingly struggling to provide basic care for patients in …
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Trans NHS staff can treat patients who request same-sex care for intimate procedures
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminTrans NHS staff may treat patients who request same-sex care for intimate procedures, a report suggests. According to a letter seen by the think tank Policy Exchange, the North Bristol …
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With ambulance response times now stretching further and further into hours and hours, each day seems to bring another horror story. At the end of December, A 93-year-old woman with …
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Navy veteran, 91, with broken pelvis died after four day wait for hospital bed
by Ozva Adminby Ozva AdminChris Blake, who volunteered as Mr Janes’ carer for four years, put him in a wheelchair and took him to the emergency room at Cardiff’s Heath Hospital. Mr. Janes spent …