NHS to move thousands of patients to care homes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe NHS will spend hundreds of millions of pounds moving patients into care homes in a bid to ease pressure on A&E wards,…
'Nurdles' are devastating the environment but they are yet to be classified as hazardous
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNurdles are the raw material of the plastics industry. Read More
HIV rates doubled in Ireland over past 12 months
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite access to PrEP and at-home STI testing, HIV rates continue to increase in Ireland, especially among younger populations. Read More
HIV remains a leading killer in Africa despite medical breakthroughs – how to eliminate it
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout 38 million people around the world are living with HIV. About 70% of them live in Africa. Read More
Free NHS prescriptions for over 60s may be axed in April as decision deadline looms
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 2021, the Government proposed scrapping free NHS prescriptions for the over 60s, spreading fear among those suffering from multiple chronic conditions…
It’s not just the NHS: health services are imploding all over Europe
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sick patients flood in at the university hospital, filling up already overcrowded wards. Read More
China reopens borders to tourists after three years of Covid closure
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since it imposed travel restrictions in March 2020. Read More
Warning for UK women over physical and financial toll of egg freezing
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe UK’s fertility regulator has called for an urgent update to the law around egg freezing as rapidly growing numbers of women choose…
PM Sunak welcomes 'valuable' talks with health leaders
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRishi Sunak found a meeting with health leaders to tackle the pressures in the NHS “highly valuable”, Downing Street has said. Read…
Sick man of Europe: why the crisis-ridden NHS is falling apart
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is 6am and a dozen ambulances are waiting to offload their patients, but the local NHS hospital is already full. Read…