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NHS patients face worst drug shortages on record, say pharmacists and GPs
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NHS patients face worst drug shortages on record, say pharmacists and GPs

Supply problems pose risk to health, with common painkillers, epilepsy medication and HRT affectedBritons are facing some of the “most severe” shortages of NHS medicines on record including common pai...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Warning of 'extremely dangerous' cancer care delays
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Warning of 'extremely dangerous' cancer care delays

Doctors have warned of "extremely dangerous" delays to cancer care due to staffing shortages.

Sky News - UK3 months ago
‘Addiction is proof there is a devil. Recovery is proof there is a God’: Irish rockers Bleech 9:3 on struggle, sobriety and their stunning debut
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‘Addiction is proof there is a devil. Recovery is proof there is a God’: Irish rockers Bleech 9:3 on struggle, sobriety and their stunning debut

After two friends sponsored each other in Alcoholics Anonymous, they started making music. As they gear up for a summer of 40 festivals, the band tell their harrowing yet uplifting storyOn stage in a...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Jeremy Clarkson reveals prostate cancer diagnosis on farming show
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Jeremy Clarkson reveals prostate cancer diagnosis on farming show

The former Top Gear presenter did not clarify what type of cancer he had been diagnosed with.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
'My dog Gertie saved my life by helping to find my breast cancer'
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'My dog Gertie saved my life by helping to find my breast cancer'

Lesley Goodburn is hoping her story will encourage others to check for signs of the cancer.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' cancer diagnosis
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Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' cancer diagnosis

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Sky News - UK3 months ago
Lack of learning-disability nurses in UK is an ‘absolute crisis’, says union
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Lack of learning-disability nurses in UK is an ‘absolute crisis’, says union

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is ‘consistently undermined’The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is in “absolute...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Champion swimmer with rare brain cancer urges UK to do more to help people with condition
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Champion swimmer with rare brain cancer urges UK to do more to help people with condition

Breakthrough treatment enabled Archie Goodburn, 24, to keep competing but he says one new drug in 20 years is not enoughArchie Goodburn, a 24-year-old champion swimmer who has a rare, inoperable form...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Cheltenham hospital admits failing man who died after using contaminated shower
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Cheltenham hospital admits failing man who died after using contaminated shower

Chris Elliot was exposed to ‘lethal dose’ of bacteria while receiving chemotherapy from Gloucestershire NHS trustAn NHS trust has admitted to failing to provide safe care to a man who died after using...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
UK hypermobility sufferers wait up to 21 years for diagnosis, study suggests
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UK hypermobility sufferers wait up to 21 years for diagnosis, study suggests

Awareness of disorders such as hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is low among British healthcare professionalsPeople in the UK with hypermobility conditions are waiting up to 21 years to be diagnosed...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
London startup to trial drug to prevent cancer therapy side-effect ‘cytokine storm’
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London startup to trial drug to prevent cancer therapy side-effect ‘cytokine storm’

Poolbeg Pharma to test the treatment in NHS hospitals and says it is also developing a GLP-1 weight loss pillA London-based startup is about to trial a drug at six NHS hospitals that could stop people...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
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NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation

Exclusive: Cancer charity says dispelling falsehoods gleaned from social media is now routine task for cliniciansSocial media misinformation about the use of dietary supplements such as turmeric, St J...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Author Chimamanda Adichie accuses hospital of stalling review into son's death
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Author Chimamanda Adichie accuses hospital of stalling review into son's death

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 21-month old son died in a Lagos hospital, which she says is trying to stop an inquest into the circumstances of his death.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 months ago
Resident doctors in England call off strike action after new government offer
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Resident doctors in England call off strike action after new government offer

Last-minute offer to be put to members is understood to include an average 6.6% pay upliftResident doctors in England have called off strike action after the government made a new offer which will be...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Travel insurance: don’t let a health condition derail your holiday plans
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Travel insurance: don’t let a health condition derail your holiday plans

A medical issue can send quotes for cover soaring but it is not worth risking going abroad without a policy ‘I nearly fell over when I saw the travel insurance quote,” says the retiree Bernie Lawrenc...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Merope Mills awarded CBE in king’s honours list for Martha’s rule campaign
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Merope Mills awarded CBE in king’s honours list for Martha’s rule campaign

Journalist and healthcare campaigner was driving force behind patient safety initiative after death of 13-year-old daughterThe healthcare campaigner and journalist Merope Mills has been made a CBE in...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
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Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests

Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zonesLow emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but t...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
'I spent uni savings on getting my teeth fixed' - the real cost of NHS dentist shortage
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'I spent uni savings on getting my teeth fixed' - the real cost of NHS dentist shortage

People tell BBC Your Voice the rising cost of private dentistry is putting them in a difficult position.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
UK school leavers and new students to be offered meningitis B vaccine
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UK school leavers and new students to be offered meningitis B vaccine

One-off programme to begin in July after recent MenB outbreaks in Kent, Dorset and Berkshire killed three peopleTeenagers in their final school year and young people starting university will be offere...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Lupus patients in England in remission after pioneering NHS trial of GM therapy
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Lupus patients in England in remission after pioneering NHS trial of GM therapy

Doctors say therapy that genetically modifies person’s T-cells could offer cure for chronic autoimmune diseaseFive lupus patients in England are in remission after being treated with a revolutionary t...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago