Ebola death toll passes 1,900, says WHO
More than 1,900 people have now died in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
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Anxiety over funding row ‘could see nursing courses close’
Universities are considering scrapping nursing courses due to uncertainty over future funding, education leaders have claimed.
A gem of an idea to fight dementia
Jeweller Nicholas Mullings has raised nearly £1 million for the Alzheimers Society from odd earrings, old treasures and other donations
Elderly spend weeks too long in hospitals due to lack of housing, Age UK warns
Vulnerable elderly patients are waiting weeks in hospital, costing the NHS millions of pounds, because of a lack of suitable housing, Age UK has warned.
Build homes for elderly on NHS land, says MP
It is believed that less than 40% of land held by NHS trusts is used for hospitals and medical buildings.
NMC defends robustness of new tests for overseas nurses
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has defended a new system for the registration of overseas nurses, following claims it could put patients at risk.
Ethically, this seems to me the right thing to do’: Wrenching suicide of Canadian woman with dementia spurs euthanasia debate
VANCOUVER Gillian Bennetts family scattered her ashes this weekend, in a quiet ritual shared by those she loved.
The vaccine jab for kitty that could cure your allergy to cats: Injection targets protein in pet’s saliva, urine and sweat that is most common cause
Millions of cat allergy sufferers know the symptoms only too well red, itchy eyes, uncontrollable sneezes, coughing fits, even a nasty rash.
Only one in four have faith in system to care for them in old age
Only a quarter of people in England believe they will receive proper care in their old age despite the Coalitions sweeping reforms of the system, one of the biggest surveys of opinion on the subject ever conducted shows.
Golf, gardening and holidays see skin cancer soar
Number of hospital admissions for disease up by 40% in four years