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” shortag...
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 re...
Wegovy weight-loss pills to be available for patients in UK to buy
Regulator approval means patients who meet criteria such as having obesity will be able to purchase pills with private prescriptionPatients will soon ...
Nearly 3,000 NHS patients a day receiving corridor care in England, figures show
Published for the first time, the data recorded 2,241 daily cases of A&E corridor care, with 699 patients also treated in other inappropriate settings...
Patients in A&E with non-urgent ailments may be told to come back later under NHS plans
NHS bosses urge all hospitals to use ‘digital triage’ process to combat overcrowding in emergency servicesPatients who turn up at A&E with non-urgent ...
NHS to tackle antisemitism after report finds Jewish staff and patients ‘routinely ostracised’
Lord Mann’s review prompts new training for health bosses and restrictions on political symbols on uniformsThe NHS is taking action to tackle antisemi...
Doctors hail drug that spares bladder cancer patients ‘life-changing’ surgery
Durvalumab shows promising results in trial led by London-based Institute of Cancer ResearchDoctors are hailing a drug that spares bladder cancer pati...
Kenyan court extends order blocking U.S. hospital for American Ebola patients
The court extended for seven days its order stopping the opening of the U.S. field hospital. It also directed the Kenyan government to detail its deal...
‘I was getting ready to say goodbye’: cancer patient’s hope after smart drug success
Pat Brogan preparing to walk his daughter down the aisle after trial of treatment designed to stop disease from hiding• Smart drug that strips cancer ...
Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows
Jab brought ‘unprecedentedly strong responses’ in patients whose disease had become resistant to chemotherapy and immunotherapyDoctors have hailed “un...
Trial of multi-cancer blood test among 142,000 NHS patients fails to meet main aim
Results presented at oncology conference in Chicago show Galleri test failed to reduce late-stage cancer diagnosesA blood test for more than 50 types ...
A court in Kenya blocks U.S. plan to quarantine Ebola patients
A facility built by the U.S. military on a Kenyan air base was intended to isolate Americans exposed to Ebola during the growing outbreak in the Democ...
Nurse convicted in patient's death is now a national speaker on hospital safety
RaDonda Vaught was convicted of negligent homicide after dispensing the wrong drug to a patient. She now gives speeches about hospital safety in an er...
Kin Health raises $9M to build an AI notetaker for patients
The app is similar to a meeting notetaker: you can record doctor visits, and it will return an AI summary of the meeting, with the next steps, all of ...
Melbourne psychiatrist refuses new patients who don’t consent to AI note-taking
Registration form informs patients that if they do not wish AI to be used, they will need their referring doctor to refer them to a different service ...
Two-thirds of NHS nurses believe lack of staff is putting patients at risk, survey finds
Union to urge ministers to bring in mandatory minimum staffing, as ageing population increases demand for careAlmost two-thirds of nurses believe ther...
