Doctors groups are calling for urgent consideration of the rules for medical professionals who take peaceful direct action on the climate crisis, which they say…
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Private health insurance market grows by £385m in a year amid NHS crisis
Britain’s health cover market has grown by £385m in a year as the NHS crisis prompted more people to seek out private medical treatment and…
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Drug shortages are a “new normal” in the UK and are being exacerbated by Brexit, a report by the Nuffield Trust health thinktank has warned.…
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Waterborne diseases such as dysentery and Weil’s disease have risen by 60% since 2010 in England, new figures reveal. Analysis of NHS hospital admissions by…
View More Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report showsFailure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report
The government’s failure to insulate the UK’s cold and leaky homes is costing thousands of lives a year, according to analysis. The report from Greenpeace…
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News that European countries are working together to safeguard drug supplies with a stockpile of 200 critical products comes at a time when the UK…
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The NHS has been accused of “breaking the law” by creating a massive data platform that will share information about patients. Four organisations are bringing…
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Britain’s drugs regulator has approved a groundbreaking treatment for two painful and debilitating lifelong blood disorders, which works by “editing” the gene that causes them.…
View More UK medicines regulator approves gene therapy for two blood disordersInside the UK’s first gaming disorder clinic – podcast
In 2018 the World Health Organization formally included gaming disorder in its diagnostic manual for the first time. Nearly four years into running the only…
View More Inside the UK’s first gaming disorder clinic – podcastGPs ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, says UK oncology expert
GPs are ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, with too many referred for psychological therapy instead of screening, a leading oncology expert has warned.…
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