Boris Johnson vows to help reduce the NHS backlog of 4.7m patients whose treatment has been delayed by the pandemic PM will put NHS at centre of this week’s Queen’s Speech by introducing legislation to help repair damage caused by Covid pandemic State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday will also see publication of Bills to … Read more
Thousands of bowel disease patients could soon be spared regular hospital visits and long waits for treatment – thanks to new test that would allow GPs or even a practice nurse, for the first time, to monitor the disease. Currently, sufferers of ulcerative colitis, an incurable inflammatory condition that affects the colon, must visit an … Read more
For millions of Britons it is a secret they dare not discuss. A problem they put up with, silently, often for decades. Incontinence will affect 40 per cent of women, and one in ten men at some point in their lives. And it’s not simply an embarrassing inconvenience: it can leave sufferers near-housebound for fear … Read more
People blighted by psoriasis could soon find relief from a drug that completely eradicated the itchy skin disease in nearly two-thirds of users during trials. Doctors say bimekizumab ‘beats all other treatments’ and are hopeful it could be available across the NHS in a year. Psoriasis causes red, flaky, itchy patches of skin, and at … Read more
Why Parkinson’s patients see ghosts: Scientists discover abnormality in frontal-temporal region of sufferers’ brains that can cause hallucinations Half of Parkinson’s sufferers experience ‘presence hallucinations’, scientists say A study using brain imaging and robotics has highlighted brain abnormalities Hallucinations often occur before other symptoms present themselves By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 16:03 BST, 1 May … Read more
Police investigating alleged poisoning of patients on a stroke ward widen probe to examine eight more deaths Police investigation into a stroke unit widened to examine eight more deaths A healthcare profession at Blackpool Victoria Hospital is currently on police bail Unnamed male was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Valerie Kneale, 75 By … Read more
Police investigating alleged poisoning of patients on a stroke ward widen probe to examine eight more deaths Police investigation into a stroke unit widened to examine eight more deaths A healthcare profession at Blackpool Victoria Hospital is currently on police bail Unnamed male was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Valerie Kneale, 75 By … Read more
For the past 25 years Dr Irfan Malik has prided himself on getting to know as many of his patients as possible. It means that during appointments at his Nottingham practice the GP instinctively knows when something isn’t quite right. ‘I like looking at a patient, observing things they might not have seen,’ he says. ‘By … Read more
For the past 25 years Dr Irfan Malik has prided himself on getting to know as many of his patients as possible. It means that during appointments at his Nottingham practice the GP instinctively knows when something isn’t quite right. ‘I like looking at a patient, observing things they might not have seen,’ he says. ‘By … Read more
About 20 percent of dialysis patients are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, with black, Native American and Pacific Islander patients being most likely to show hesitancy. Younger patients and female patients are also more likely to be hesitant. Hesitancy for each group is up to 30 percent of the population. A nationwide survey conducted … Read more