Image source, BBC/Brijesh PatelImage caption, Roy Pollitt thought his late wife was being treated by a doctor rather than a physician associate A man whose wife died after a drain was mistakenly left in her abdomen for 21 hours has condemned the increased use of physician associates (PAs) within the National Health Service. Susan Pollitt’s […]
The MP behind a bid to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has argued it would help stop people experiencing “very harrowing” deaths, as she unveiled details of her proposals. Under a bill published on Monday, external, terminally ill adults expected to die within six months could seek help to end their life if […]
Image caption, Nik Ward, 53, suffers from MND and now uses a wheelchair and breathing apparatus Fergus Walsh and George Sandeman BBC News The question of whether terminally-ill people should have the right to end their lives is dividing MPs as they consider a proposed law to legalise assisted dying. If passed, the landmark bill […]
The former chief medical officer for England said she had experienced nightmares about someone picking up discarded nerve agent after the poisoning of a former spy. Sergei Skirpal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by Novichok in Salisbury in March 2018. The attempted murders were followed by the death of Dawn Sturgess, 44, in July […]
Image source, PA Media Sam Francis Political reporter Helen Catt Political correspondent Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has said he is “minded” to vote against an upcoming bill to legalise assisted dying. MPs are due to debate proposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their […]
Image caption, Sophie Blake says she is most concerned for her teenage daughter Mark Norman BBC South East Health Correspondent Joshua Askew BBC News, South East A Brighton mother with terminal cancer is calling on the government to “urgently” reform assisted dying laws. Sophie Blake, who was diagnosed with stage four secondary breast cancer in […]
The NHS will start offering an “improved” stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over a few months, is as effective as vapes and more effective than nicotine replacement gum or patches, NHS England says. The drug, which fights cravings, was […]
Image source, Covid inquiry Jim Reed Health reporter, BBC News Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said. Amanda Pritchard told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry the decision, made by the Treasury in July 2020, had been […]
Homeworkers are using the time saved by not commuting to stay longer in bed, new figures suggest. They got an average of 24 minutes extra “sleep and rest” and spent an additional 15 minutes on things such as exercise, compared with people who worked away from their homes. The snapshot survey by the Office for […]
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Thousands of those considered at-risk have not yet had their latest free vaccinations, the NHS said Helen Burchell BBC News, Cambridgeshire People in clinically at-risk groups are being urged to get their free Covid-19 and flu vaccinations this winter. NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough said only 27% of those eligible for the […]
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