An NHS contract that forces GPs to work Saturdays and weekday evenings contains a loophole that means a ‘physical’ doctor doesn’t need to be available, the country’s biggest medical union has claimed. Under a drive to make it easier for patients to get appointments, health officials will make GPs offer consultations until 8pm Monday to…
NHS hospitals have started pleading with families to take their Covid-infected relatives home to free up beds as trusts battle a ‘perfect storm’ of pressures. The chief medical officer for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight area urged those who have loved ones in hospital to ‘help staff to get them home quickly when they…
A mother-of-three battling terminal cancer has claimed NHS doctors gave her a scolding after she posted on social media complaining about her treatment. Harriet Wilson, 34, from London, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in May 2021 and was told the disease would likely kill her. Tumors spread to her stomach and ovaries and she has…
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Grace Kelly, 12, has already undergone surgery and treatment for her cancer but her family are now trying to raise thousands of pounds for pioneering treatment in Germany A 12-year-old British girl is trying to raise £ 200,000 for potentially life-saving treatment after opticians spotted signs of a deadly tumor growing in her brain. Grace…
Calum Courtney was four-years-old when he had his first outbreak of hives in response to cold weather, a condition called cold urticaria Millions of children would be desperate for an excuse not to walk to school – but Calum Courtney actually has a medical reason to get a lift. The 14-year-old, of Basildon in Essex,…
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Millions of patients were told today not to go to A&E unless they are dying after six hospitals warned of 12-hour waits in emergency departments in a Covid-fueled crisis. Trusts across West Yorkshire and Harrogate in North Yorkshire – an area covering more than 2.5 million people – claimed pressures have left them with no…
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In January that year, Mari, aged 45 at the time, started having migraines. It turned into recurring migraines, every month. She told Express.co.uk: “This may be something ‘normal’ for many of us, especially ladies, but for me that was unusual because I had never had them.” In April 2019, Mari had a serious episode of…
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For many people growing old comes with many health fears and one of the most terrifying is the risk of developing dementia. Now experts are saying that a few simple lifestyle changes can reduce your risk of developing the progressive, cognitive function condition that can affect cognitive function by a third. It’s a bold claim,…
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The Health Data Hub (HDH) is declared by Emmanuel Macron as an innovation “prefigurant to medical medicine“, in March 2018, after the remission of the report of Villani on the artificial intelligence and the announcement of Agnes Buzyn de l’integrar à sa loi santé. basics of artificial intelligence, these platforms for basic vocation to measure…
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A mother of two who died after being struck by a wooden horse costume during a Cornish May Day festival had ‘her back to it but should have known to face it with her hands out’, an inquest has heard. Laura Smallwood was knocked out by the Obby Oss, one of a pair used in…
