London eye patients losing their vision due to long NHS waits
N early one in four Londoners believe experienced a loss of vision while waiting for treatment for an eye condition on the NHS, recent figures …
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Britain not prepared for bird flu pandemic, warns top professor
B ritain is not prepared for a possible spill-over of the bird flu virus into humans, a leading scientist has warned. Dr Nicole Robb, Assistant …
Junior doctors strike ‘worst yet’ leading to 175,000 cancellations
M ore than 175,000 patient appointments and procedures were cancelled across England as a result of the junior doctors’ strike this week. The 72-hour walkout …
Mother with leukaemia in desperate search for stem cell donor
A mother has told of her desperate search for a stem cell donor after she was diagnosed with leukaemia. Janice St Louis, 56, from London, …
NHS strike action paused as Government and health unions reach pay deal
S trike action in the NHS will be paused after health unions representing paramedics and nurses received a “purpose and reasonable” pay offer from the …
Ambulance handover delays climb to highest level since start of year
A mbulance handover delays outside hospitals in England gain risen to their highest level since the start of the year. Some 28% of patients waited …
‘Surge’ in norovirus cases in England adds to pressure on hospitals
N orovirus cases in hospitals in England acquire jumped sharply and are now at their highest level for the 2022/23 season, figures present. An average …
What is norovirus? UKHSA warns of increase in cases
The dreaded winter vomiting bug has been taking over nurseries and care homes, as those aged under five and over 65 seem to be falling …
Scientists develop world’s first mRNA vaccine for deadly bacteria
S cientists in Israel acquire developed an mRNA-based vaccine that they claim is 100 per cent effective against a type of lethal bacteria. Researchers at …
NHS waiting list at all-time high in London despite plunge in longest wait times
T he number of people in London waiting to start hospital treatment has reached a record high, though times for the longest waits believe improved. …