03
Jul 2018
A revolutionary new treatment that destroys prostate cancer cells has cured terminally ill patients, in some cases given just weeks to live. A Cypriot study found that six out of ten patients with advanced disease are still in remission now one year after receiving the therapy. The treatment involves the use of a molecule which…
03
Jul 2018
Amid claims some GPs carry out as many as 70 consultations a day, the GPs’ union is calling for a cap on the number of consultations which will allow doctors to turn patients away. They went on to say the safety of patients and the ‘sanity’ of doctors is at risk with the high number…
03
Jul 2018
Medics have warned that doctors working shifts of more than 12 hours are putting lives at risk, that longer hours mean they are 27% more likely to make a mistake, and that they have the same level of concentration and judgement as someone who is inebriated. A similar study on nurses, revealed at the recent…
03
Jul 2018
According to NHS Improvement, the organisation responsible for overseeing NHS trusts, two patients with swallowing difficulties have been reported to have died and seven more patients came to ‘significant harm’ after being given inappropriate food. Hundreds more choking or coughing occurrences also took place between 2015 and 2017 and experts are calling for an end…
26
Jun 2018
A report by Cancer Research UK has predicted that diagnoses amongst elderly people will rise by 80% within the next 20 years and it is estimated that by 2035, around 234,000 over 75s will be diagnosed each year, a significant rise from the current number of 135,000 each year. The charity has called on the…
26
Jun 2018
Independent analysis has revealed that the NHS lags behind other countries in the treatment of life-threatening illnesses, with the report saying the UK was a ‘below-average’ performer when it comes to preventing deaths from cancer, strokes and heart attacks. However, the experts pointed out that the NHS does get less funding than the other 18…
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