One million more patients attended A&E in the past year amid strikes, record waits for routine care and difficulties accessing a GP, figures show. Health leaders say people have turned to emergency departments because it is one part of the NHS where they know the ‘lights are on’ and they […]
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Thousands of children in the UK are missing out on vital treatment for common urinary tract infections (UTIs), risking long-term damage to the bladder and kidneys, experts have warned. Official NHS guidance states that young people with hard-to-treat UTIs should be looked after by hospital specialists. However, insiders have told […]
Every hospital trust is failing to meet NHS A&E time targets, MailOnline can reveal today. Under decade-old guidelines, 95 per cent of casualty patients should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of being seen. But nationally, just 74 per cent of patients in England were seen within this […]
Faroe Islands: A look at GPS tagging of dolphins A pod of around 15 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were driven towards a bay in the village of Norðragøta, north of the archipelago’s capital Tórshavn, to be fitted with a tracker. Five speed boats, whose crews banged against the edge to scare […]
As a pensioner who’d had type 2 diabetes for nearly ten years, Nazir Hussain was almost resigned to always feeling exhausted and taking medication for life. The 67-year-old former postman from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, weighed 14st (he is 5ft 8in) and was taking daily doses of metformin and high blood pressure […]
By Shaun Wooler Health Editor Published: 01:04 BST, 14 August 2023 | Updated: 01:11 BST, 14 August 2023 Almost a third of GPs had to stop taking bookings for routine appointments in the past year because of overwhelming demand, a poll suggests. Receptionists also faced abuse from patients when they […]
One in six GPs have failed to provide patients with face-to-face appointments as many medics claim they are unable to meet demand, a new poll has found. Doctors implemented a virtual appointment protocol during the first covid lockdown, meaning that less than half of patients were examined in-person. Before the pandemic, […]
GPs will be urged to refer patients to life coaches instead of signing them off sick Latest figures show a record 2.55million Brits are off on long term sick leave The move is under consideration by Department for Work and Pensions officials By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Updated: […]