Public must to continue to seek medical help
Patients and the public must continue to seek medical help for serious conditions during this COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Jackie Taylor,…
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Doctor in the house? a free healthcare service
A new virtual consultation service – www.doctorinthehouse.net – launched today to provide a free, safe healthcare service that links worried…
Comment on NHS suspending home births in some areas of country
Siobhan Miller, founder of ThePositive Birth Company, comments on the NHS suspending home births in some areas of the country:…
Patients At Risk
A major survey of medical record keeping in the NHS has revealed critical deficiencies that could risk patients’ safety. Researchers…
Health Leaders Set Priorities for New Gorvernment
Health leaders across England have urged the incoming Government to address the critical issues that will improve and transform services…
New Medical Student Scheme Hopes To Tackle GP Crisis
First Year medical students will get more experience of ‘real life’ healthcare situations than ever before as part of new…
NHS Staff are Heroic, but They Are Human
Responding to the latest report from the Medical Protection Society on burnout among doctors, Sue Covill, director of development and…
NHS 10 Year Plan for Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer Action joined a number of charities, NHS cancer programme representatives, Cally Palmer (National cancer director) and Steve Brine…
New blood tests to accurately diagnose TB
New blood tests for TB could accelerate diagnosis and save the NHS money, according to new research. Rapid blood tests…
Urine is liquid gold when it comes to testing
Urine is arguably the most common diagnostic tool in routine medicine, with around 65m collected for tests every year. Given…
HIV – getting new cases down to zero
To mark World Aids Day (1st December 2018), Marc Thompson of the Terrence Higgins Trust talks about progress on reducing…
More people choosing alternative medicine
Use of practitioner-led complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as acupuncture, massage, osteopathy and chiropractic treatment, rose from 12 per…