Doctors in distress: Beneath the White Coat: Doctors Their Minds and Mental Health, the new book by Dame Clare Gerada. Society puts doctors on a pedestal and the medical culture reinforces this state of elevation. Our bio-medical approach to the doctor–patient relationship takes as a given that the doctor has authority and status of being […]
Children’s Burns Trust warns of a rise in Burn Injuries from Fireworks at Home: Autumn in the UK usually heralds the start of firework season. There are many festivities where fireworks feature strongly; such as Halloween, Bonfire Night, Diwali, New Year and Chinese New Year. This year is different. Due to covid-19, public displays have […]
Late stage cancers increase as Covid fall-out bites: The impact of delays in cancer diagnostic services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are emerging now with an increase in patients seeking treatment for later stage conditions. Breast cancer diagnostic services in the UK can detect over 20,000 cancers per year in the UK, saving thousands of […]
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Watch this short animation to highlight the benefits of good oral health and dental care from birth. Transcript Do you have a healthy smile? What if your smile looked like this… Don’t think this could ever happen to you? Well think again, because millions of us are risking the health of our teeth by failing […]
Who are the celebs helping us get through 2020? Marcus Rashford, Sir David Attenborough, Joe Wicks and Martin Lewis are among a list of celebrities who have helped get us through the year according to research released by Aldi, based on a nationally representative sample of 2,000 Britons was conducted online via insights agency Perspectus […]
New report sets out £30bn in government savings: How the Government can save £30 billion. The Centre for Policy Studies has set out nine practical ideas for savings or asset sales which would deliver £30 billion a year to the Treasury without impacting frontline services or the coronavirus response READ MORE The coronavirus crisis has […]
More than 2 million people have registered to become stem cell donors the UK, new figures released today reveal. The UK stem cell register had an immensely successful year in 2019/20, with 326,756 new donors added – over 100,000 more than the previous year. The UK stem cell register is known as the Anthony Nolan […]
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Public behaviour and understanding most important weapon against COVID-19: Responding to the Government’s announcement about new three-tiered lockdown rules in England, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “We welcome the much-needed clarity the Government’s new three-tiered system will hopefully give the public on their local restrictions and freedoms. There now needs to […]
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Many student midwives are struggling under the weight of financial concerns, poor mental health and an unpredictable job market, according to new findings by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Student midwives in England, who must pay tuition fees and take out maintenance loans to cover living costs, will have, on average, a debt of […]
The UK is facing a cataracts catastrophe as the Covid-19 lockdown heaps pressure on already overstretched surgeons able to perform the eye operations. A leading eye specialist is warning of a ‘ticking time bomb’ due to a backlog of patients who were not able to be treated by their ophthalmologist at the height of the […]