15
Sep 2020
The number of patients facing longer waits for routine operations has soared in England due to the disruption to hospitals during the pandemic. Over two million people on the waiting list, 50 per cent of the total, have been waiting for longer than 18 weeks, the highest since records began in 2007. Around 83,000 have…
15
Sep 2020
A group of MPs and peers has warned that the coronavirus pandemic has made a “difficult situation even worse” for women trying to access contraception. Their inquiry claims that years of cutbacks means patients “have to navigate a complex system just to receive basic healthcare” and warns that damage caused by the pandemic could lead…
15
Sep 2020
More than a year after Wales health minister Vaughan Gethring said he wanted the matter to be resolved, contaminated blood victims in Wales are still waiting for a rise in support payments. Charity The Haemophilia Society has written to the health minister urging him to end the disparity where victims in Wales can receive £14,000…
09
Sep 2020
These latest findings confirm the results of an earlier trial, which has already resulted in steroids being widely used for Covid patients in intensive care. The new results, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show that eight lives could be saved in every 100 patients treated. The researchers, whilst acknowledging that the…
09
Sep 2020
Victims in Northern Ireland of the contaminated blood scandal have welcomed an increase in financial support to them. Previously, Northern Ireland victims have received less than those in Scotland, England and Wales. Now, NI’s Health Minister Robin Swann, has confirmed an increase in annual payments from £18,745 to just under £45,000, which will bring them…
09
Sep 2020
Thousands more type 2 diabetes patients in England are to be offered the chance to try a soup-and-shake diet weight loss plan free of charge through the NHS. Studies have shown that changing to the low-calorie liquid diet can send diabetes into remission. There is a proven link between type 2 diabetes and obesity, and…
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