Paedophile doctor was able to manipulate hospital procedures to abuse boys
A new report found that Dr Myles Bradbury was able to abuse boys at Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge, for years without raising serious suspicion.
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Rapid diagnostic tools needed to fix antibiotic crisis, says review
Creating more refined tests which will allow doctors to identify in minutes the strain of bacterial infection present and the antibiotics to which it is resistant or susceptible will allow more precise prescribing of narrow-spectrum antibiotics, it said.
Detecting when a person with dementia is suffering from pain is so important
The thought of someone being in terrible pain with no hope of respite from it is hard to imagine, and combined with all the other challenges facing a person with dementia, it also seems tremendously unfair.
Marijuana use doubles in US in a decade
Nearly one in 10 adults smokes marijuana in the US, a rate that has more than doubled in the past decade as laws and attitudes about pot relax.
Aspirin trial to examine if it can stop cancer returning
The world’s largest clinical trial to examine whether aspirin can prevent cancers returning has begun in the UK.
Woman left in ‘unrelenting pain’ for 15 years after NHS failed to carry out simple scan
The Ombudsman, said too often those who complained about their treatment suffered a devastating impact because the NHS failed to provide an honest explanation of what had gone wrong.
Legalising Assisted Dying Could Be Catastrophic for the Elderly
Lord Tebbit warned that “the bill would create financial incentives to end the lives of the frail, the handicapped the ill and the elderly and be a breeding ground for vultures, both individual and corporate. The bill would put great pressure on the elderly, the sick and the disabled to do the decent thing and cease to be a burden on others.”
Surge in cases of deadly but preventable diseases among elderly
The chances of elderly people being admitted to hospital for preventable but potentially deadly diseases have more than doubled in a decade partly because of crippling care shortages, neglect and failings by GPs, a damning new report concludes.
Cancer sufferer’s only break in treatment ‘not a good reason’ for term-time holiday
Louise Hamilton’s only break in her six-month treatment came the week starting September 7 and her family wanted to take a well-deserved holiday. However, her eldest son’s school said it was not an “exceptional circumstance”.
CQC issues sepsis deaths warning in NHS trust report
Too many patients are still dying at an under-performing NHS trust, with double the national average rate of sepsis deaths, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned.