Author: Hippocratic Post

RCEM responds to public’s dissatisfaction with A&E services and wider NHS: The British Social Attitudes Survey by Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund found that overall satisfaction with the NHS fell to 36 per cent “an unprecedented 17 percentage point decrease on 2020” and “the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since 1997, when satisfaction fell […]

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With the rising energy costs set to soar, Will Donnelly – Care Expert and CoFounder of Lottie – has warned about the risks to the elderly community, after a surge in online searches from pensioners looking for support. After the energy regulator Ofgem announced a 54% increase in the price cap, there is concern for […]

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On 30 March 2022 Donna Ockenden published the ‘findings, conclusions and essential actions’ following her independent review of maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The Ockenden review was launched in 2017 by then Health Secretary, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP on the basis of 23 deaths at the Shrewsbury and Telford […]

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The deadly venom of a poisonous sea snail could hold the key to developing new medicines including more effective, less addictive forms of pain relief. A team led by researchers from the University of Glasgow is setting out to learn more about the unique form of venom produced by cone snails, predatory marine animals found […]

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A predictive tool using artificial intelligence could provide hope for earlier diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children across the UK, reducing the risk of potentially fatal diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), early research presented at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2022 has revealed. Type 1 diabetes is a serious auto-immune condition that cannot yet be prevented, […]

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