Teenage girl awarded record £24 million payout after doctors injected her brain with glue
Her solicitor, Edwina Rawson, said Great Ormond Street could have avoided the tragic mix-up in June 2010 if the syringes for the embolisation treatment had been properly labelled.
Care home creates ‘pop-up pub’ for residents
Residents at a Gloucestershire care home can now enjoy a game of darts or their favourite drink, thanks to the introduction of a pop-up pub.
Are your medical records in danger?
Householders across England have started receiving leaflets about a new NHS scheme called Care.data.
DDT: Pesticide linked to Alzheimer’s
Exposure to a once widely used pesticide, DDT, may increase the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease, suggest US researchers.
Glasgow City Council care home workers in new pay strike
Council care workers in Glasgow are staging another 48-hour strike over changes to pay and working conditions.
Hundreds of life-saving operations cancelled as hospitals run out of beds for critical patients
Hundreds of urgent operations have been cancelled as hospitals run out of beds in intensive care wards, it was revealed today.
Blaming care pathway ‘like blaming Highway Code’
For 10 years the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) was used to monitor care at the end of life, but negative media reports raised concerns it had led to poor care and even deaths – and last summer a panel led by the Baroness Neuberger decided that the LCP should no longer be used.
Million sickness benefit applicants ‘fit for work’
Nearly a million people who applied for sickness benefit have been found fit for work, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.
Why weight gain when you quit smoking isn’t a problem
SMOKERS may no longer be able to use getting fat as an excuse not to quit after researchers found weight gain is usually temporary.
Survey of cancer patients: 89% say treatment excellent or very good
A major survey of cancer patients in Wales suggests the vast majority thought their care was excellent or very good.