Ears and noses from a test tube
Lifelike ears and noses could be grown in a laboratory and transplanted into humans using a technique developed by British scientists.
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False economies are leaving the mentally ill vulnerable
Mental health services are facing serious financial pressures. From hospitals to community care, from children’s services to those for adults, budgets for mental health support are being cut across the country.
Too busy for patients… nurses spend FIFTH of their time on paperwork
Nurses are being forced to spend more time on tick-box paperwork and less with patients despite a Government pledge to crack down on unnecessary NHS bureaucracy.
Nurse workload, education linked to patient survival following surgery
Between administering medications and coordinating care, nurses are some of the busiest health care professionals, often placed as the first point of contact for patients.
Jeremy Hunt promises revolution in care for dementia sufferers
Britain’s elderly will witness a revolution in dementia care, which will transform the country into a global leader in fighting the illness, Jeremy Hunt said.
Children taken into care for being too fat
Up to 74 morbidly obese children are estimated to have been taken into care over the last five years, according to figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws.
Three-person baby details announced
How the creation of babies using sperm and eggs from three people will be regulated in the UK has been announced.
Stethoscopes ‘more contaminated’ than doctors’ hands
Doctors should disinfect their stethoscopes after every examination because the instruments are heavily contaminated by bacteria, a study says.
Fewer nurses educated to degree level putting patients’ lives at risk, study finds
Patients are more likely to die after routine surgical procedures at hospitals with fewer nurses educated to degree level, a large European study has found.
89-year-old suffering from dementia wins the rare right to have her identity reported in a case in the secrecy-shrouded Court of Protection
An 89-year-old woman with dementia who spent her life campaigning for political causes has become one of the first people to persuade a judge that their identity can be reported in a case in the Court of Protection.