Some patients ‘wake up’ during surgery
More than 300 people a year in the UK and Ireland report they have been conscious during surgery – despite being given general anaesthesia.
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Scandal of ‘tax’ on dementia: Thousands forced to pay for care
Two hard-hitting reports today warn that those with illnesses such as Alzheimers disease face a dementia tax of about £21,000 a year the value of unpaid care provided by family and friends.
Poor recording of physical health and medication could be causing dementia trials to fail
Dementia trials could be failing because they all-too-often overlook the physical health of patients according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Aston University.
Funding of £82m to reduce elderly isolation
The Big Lottery Fund cash is aimed at helping up to 200,000 people and testing approaches to improve services.
New drug for pancreatic cancer turned down
The NHS drugs rationing body has ruled that a drug for pancreatic cancer that can extend lives of patients is too expensive to be given before other treatments have been tried.
Chief medical officer: Make mental health bigger priority
Mental health needs to be more of a priority, with targets for waiting times and more protection for funding, says England’s chief medical officer.
NHS cancer services struggling, says charity
NHS cancer services in England are at a “tipping point” in the wake of years of efficiency savings and the recent NHS reforms, warns Cancer Research UK.
Bald is beautiful! Twelve women with no hair pose for nude calendar raising funds for Alopecia UK
The 2015 charity calendar from PrettyBald is themed around a girls’ country weekend. Each photo features a country house, fast car, croquet, tea party – or even wellies – and of course beautiful bald models baring all.
Sepsis treatment in the NHS does not meet standards, the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman warns
Thousands of patients are still unnecessarily dying from sepsis despite calls to improve the care of patients with the condition, experts have warned.
Pill that can cure alopecia in five months
A twice-a-day pill that can cure baldness caused by alopecia has been developed by scientists.