NHS to tackle 'unfair' maternity outcomes
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A taskforce has been set up to tackle disparities in maternity care experienced by women belonging to ethnic minorities and those living…
NHS lacks 6,000 staff needed to run testing centres in England
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The NHS does not have the 6,000 staff needed to run its promised array of new testing centres designed to speed up…
NHS hospitals are told should NOT perform routine ops on Covid patients until SEVEN WEEKS after they've beaten the virus - despite massive backlog
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Reading Time: < 1 minute NHS hospitals should not perform routine operations on Covid patients within two months of them getting the virus, experts have advised. Read…
More Americans are now killed by GUNS than car crashes as shootings become country’s leading cause of death by trauma for the first time
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Gunshots are now the leading cause of death by trauma in the US and have overtaken car crashes for the first time…
High street pricing war for lateral flows begins: Superdrug undercuts rival Boots with pledge to sell Covid tests for just £1.99 each when No10 scraps free swabs in April
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A high street pricing war over lateral flow tests broke out today as Superdrug revealed it will undercut rival chain Boots by…
First ever recording of dying brain reveals what our final thoughts might be
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The first ever recording of a dying brain has provided an insight into what might happen in the moments before we die. …
NHS to treat 25,000 hospital patients at home in ‘virtual wards’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The NHS plans to treat up to 25,000 hospital patients at home in “virtual wards” to help clear the backlog caused by…
Extra blood test could help spot heart-attack death risk
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An extra blood test on suspected heart-attack patients could determine if they are at high risk of dying in the next three…
Massachusetts hospitals are formulating plans to ration BLOOD as nationwide stock hits historic low during COVID-19 pandemic
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. is facing a ‘blood crisis’ during the COVID-19 pandemic, and some hospitals in Massachusetts are setting plans in place to start rationing if…
Boots will sell individual Covid tests for SIX POUNDS from tomorrow but will slash price to £2.50 by April as experts urge ministers to introduce Spain-like cap to stop retailers cashing in
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Ministers were today urged to put a price cap on lateral flows when mass Covid testing is scrapped in England amid fears…