Too few nurses to cope: Patients suffer as staff numbers fall due to £20 billion coalition cuts
Patients are having to wait longer to see a nurse in hospital as the UK lags behind the rest of the world on staffing levels.
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Scientists say weakness in ‘superbug’ bacteria could herald new treatments
A weakness in the defences of “superbug” bacteria has been uncovered by British scientists, raising the prospect of new treatments to tackle infections that are resistant to antibiotics.
Dementia patients should be given the best drugs, says David Cameron
Patients must be given early access to new dementia drugs as part of a drive to eradicate the illness within 11 years, David Cameron will pledge on Thursday.
Hospital wrong to put do not resuscitate note in patients file
Doctors have a legal duty to tell patients if a do not resuscitate order has been placed in their medical records, the Court of Appeal in England has ruled.
NHS should be run like Tesco, claims Reform think tank
In a sweeping report authored by a former advisor to Tony Blair, Reform said that the health service should not rely on extra funding to survive into the 21st Century, but should allow independent companies and charities to work with the NHS to change the way care is delivered.
Secret behind why Alzheimers patients cannot make new memories discovered
A drug to prevent the devastating memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease is a step closer after scientists discovered the secret behind why people with dementia cannot form new memories.
‘Motor Neurone Disease is a death sentence
MOTOR Neurone Disease is a death sentence for Gordon Aikman. But he is determined that it will make his life all the more precious
Washing chicken ‘spreads infection’
Consumers are being warned to stop washing raw chicken as doing so increases the risk of food poisoning.
ME: one third of patients ‘wrongly diagnosed’
A third of the people who believe they have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or ME, may be suffering from a treatable illness, a professor claims.
District nurses will disappear by 2025, says Royal College of Nursing
District nurses, a cornerstone of NHS care, are disappearing so fast that by 2025 they will “face extinction”, the Royal College of Nursing warns in a report published on Tuesday.