Last summer, Joseph McMullan learned that he would become one of the first British patients to receive CAR-T therapy – a breakthrough cancer treatment designed to turbo-charge the immune system to seek out and destroy tumour cells. He believed he’d been thrown a lifeline after chemotherapy failed. The treatment has, with some justification, been dubbed … Read more
24 Hours in A&E viewers were left fuming last night after a mother brought her daughter to hospital with a tummy ache for emergency medical attention. In last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show, a mother named Chanelle, 30, rushed her daughter, Amber, nine to the A&E of St George’s NHS Foundation Trust in … Read more
Region Name of hospital Does the hospital have at least one unfilled stroke consultant post London Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Yes Barts Health NHS Trust (Newham University Hospital) Yes Barts Health NHS Trust (Royal London Hospital) Yes Barts Health NHS Trust (Whipps Cross University Hospital) Yes Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust … Read more
Matt Hancock backs calls for a clampdown on incentives offered by betting firms to keep customers gambling Matt Hancock urged betting firms to scrap aggressive tactics that fuel crisis He backed calls for ban on ‘bet-to-view’ sports, pervasive adverts and free bets NHS warned ‘the clock is ticking’ with more lives destroyed every day By … Read more
A row over drugs pricing has delayed a revolution in cancer treatment which could provide hope for thousands of patients. Health bosses last year promised to fast track what they called ‘game-changing’ new gene-targeted cancer drugs. Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, in June said the advantages of these new drugs was ‘potentially … Read more
Only one hospital trust in England treated its A&E patients within the NHS time target last year, MailOnline can reveal. Yeovil District Hospital was the only place that managed to process 95 per cent of its patients within four hours of their arrival. Its average for the year was 96.3 per cent. Statistics analysed by this … Read more
A teen was hospitalised by an agonising botched eyelash extension treatment when she claims the lashes were accidentally glued to the inside of her eye – leaving her lucky to keep her sight. Lainey Palmer, 19, from Brentwood, Essex, claims a trainee lash technician who carried out the procedure for free when she volunteered as … Read more
NHS hospitals are FULLER than they have been all winter amid a surge in cases of norovirus Just 4.9 per cent of hospital beds were free for new patients last week This should always be eight per cent of higher, according to the NHS’s target Norovirus cases over Christmas and New Year were 31 per … Read more
High earners could get hundreds of millions of pounds in pension tax relief to solve NHS crisis over doctors cutting hours Government has been trying to resolve standoff with doctors over pensions Consultants limited hours to avoid being caught by cuts to pension tax relief Treasury believed to be looking at increasing relief threshold from … Read more
NHS hospitals are using more than 100 different hernia mesh implants – ‘even though many have NO safety evidence and have only been tested on animals’ Investigation found English and Scottish hospitals have bought dozens of types There is ‘no chance’ they’ve all had their safety tested thoroughly, an expert said Many women are left … Read more
GPs are in revolt over a drive to spot cancer sooner by making regular visits to care home patients Are part of contract with NHS officials to encourage surgeries to work together But family doctors say the terms are excessive given intense staffing pressures They are worried about demand to do ’rounds’ of care homes … Read more
A medicine cabinet staple, aspirin is used by many middle-aged people to keep their hearts healthy. It is estimated that as many as 40 per cent of those over the age of 60 take low-dose aspirin daily, either with or without a prescription, according to a 2017 study by researchers at the University of Oxford. … Read more
Patients shouldn’t be prescribed melatonin for jet lag on the NHS because the fatigue clears up on its own in a few days, review says Researchers looked at 14 past studies done on the effects of taking melatonin They found it could reduce symptoms of jet lag but didn’t stop it completely The short-lived condition … Read more