Surgeon who branded initials onto patients’ livers during operations avoids being struck off

Surgeon, 53, who branded his initials onto the livers of patients with a laser during transplant operations avoids being struck off Simon Bramhall, 53, admitted writing his initials on patients’ organs in 2013  He had been working at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital at the time His registration was temporarily suspended but review found him fit … Read more

Covid-19 UK: Patients could wait for TWO YEARS for vital operations, former NHS boss warns

Patients could wait two years for vital operation because of the ‘truly frightening’ backlog caused by the Covid pandemic, the former boss of the NHS has warned.  Sir David Nicholson warned No10 increasing delays to surgery pose a risk to patients’ health and will become a massive political problem over the next few years.  A … Read more

Covid-19 UK: Patients could wait for TWO YEARS for vital operations, former NHS boss warns

Patients could wait for TWO YEARS for vital operations because of ‘truly frightening’ backlog caused by Covid pandemic, former NHS boss warns Sir David Nicholson warned delays to surgery pose a risk to patients’ health  A record 4.59million people in England are waiting for hospital treatment   Could be 6.9million people on the ‘hidden waiting list’ by … Read more

Mexican cartels ratchet up human trafficking operations amid Biden’s lax immigration policy

Ruthless Mexican cartels are exploiting Joe Biden’s relaxed immigration stance to turn people trafficking into a billion-dollar racket ‘worth more than dope’, a DailyMail.com investigation can reveal. The president tore up hardline Trump policies after taking office but denies sparking a crisis along the southern border where authorities are struggling to deal with a surge … Read more

Mexican cartels ratchet up human trafficking operations amid Biden’s lax immigration policy

Ruthless Mexican cartels are exploiting Joe Biden’s relaxed immigration stance to turn people trafficking into a billion-dollar racket ‘worth more than dope’, a DailyMail.com investigation can reveal. The president tore up hardline Trump policies after taking office but denies sparking a crisis along the southern border where authorities are struggling to deal with a surge … Read more

NHS waiting list for routine operations hits 12-year high with almost 225,000 patients

The number of patients waiting more than a year for routine operations on the NHS has hit its highest level since April 2008, official figures showed today. Almost 225,000 people had went at least 52 weeks without treatment in December, according to NHS England. For comparison, the figure was below 2,000 for almost every month … Read more

NHS waiting list for routine operations hits 12-year high with almost 225,000 patients

The number of patients waiting more than a year for routine operations on the NHS has hit its highest level since April 2008, official figures show. Almost 225,000 people had been on the spiralling lists for more than 52 weeks by December, according to the latest figures from NHS England, a 12-year high. For comparison, … Read more

NHS hospitals in England ‘cut routine operations by a QUARTER in January’

NHS hospitals in England cut routine operations by a QUARTER in January as number of coronavirus inpatients soared at the height of second wave, leaked data shows Leaked NHS figures showed 23,000 fewer operations were done in January  And separate data showed 103,491 patients needed to be seen in a month Hospitalisations from the virus … Read more

NHS hospitals in England ‘cut routine operations by a QUARTER in January’

NHS hospitals in England cut routine operations by a QUARTER in January as number of coronavirus inpatients soared at the height of second wave, leaked data shows Leaked NHS figures showed 23,000 fewer operations were done in January  And separate data showed 103,491 patients needed to be seen in a month Hospitalisations from the virus … Read more

Urgent children’s operations including fracture fixes and biopsies cancelled

Hundreds of urgent children’s operations have been cancelled to make way for adult coronavirus patients, it was claimed today. The procedures — which include biopsies to spot cancer and fracture repairs — were allegedly due to take place at hospitals in London and the Midlands. They were marked as ‘Priority 2’, which should be done … Read more