Surge in the over-90s being taken to A&E: 80 per cent increase blamed on failure of care at home
The number patients aged over 90 having to be taken to A&E by ambulance has soared by 80 per cent in just three years.
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Claire Goodman: ‘We need to know how best to provide healthcare in care homes’
Under the new commissioning structures, it is possible that care homes will assume more duties that were based in hospital. For example, one care home organisation is providing in-house care for a hospitals dialysis patients.
Me and my operation: Tiny new surgical stitch that eases shoulder pain without harming bones
Thousands of people suffer shoulder injuries each year – now, a new form of surgical stitch means the damage can be repaired faster and more successfully.
Thousands of NHS cancer patients are being treated with ‘out-of-date’ radiotherapy machines
A leaked NHS report has revealed that cancer patients in the UK are being treated with obsolete radiotherapy machines
The Black Death: Plague that killed millions can rise from the dead
Two of the most devastating outbreaks of plague in history, each of which killed more than half the population of Europe, were caused by different strains of the same infectious agent, a study has revealed.
Production snag forces worldwide hold on GSK chickenpox vaccines
Britain’s biggest drugmaker, which is also one of the world’s leading vaccine manufacturers, said on Tuesday it expected shipments to begin again at the end of the first quarter.
Magnet rods straighten curved spines, say guidelines
Children with crooked backs could benefit from a new treatment that uses magnetic rods to straighten the spine, say draft guidelines for England.
Brave teenager who is the only person in the WORLD battling leukaemia and another ultra-rare cancer shows signs of recovery
An boy who is the only person in the world fighting both leaukaemia and a form of cancer so rare that there are just four other sufferers worldwide appears to be making a miraculous recovery.
Met Police custody healthcare a ‘major problem’
The Met Police is struggling to provide adequate medical staffing to assess and treat detainees in their custody, according to a new report.
‘Kindness’ concern in Scottish Maternity Care Survey pregnant woman
A survey of women who gave birth last year found a third of them said they were not always treated with kindness in hospital after the birth.