Nurses' strike: What is the dispute about and how will it affect patients?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nurses are to take strike action for two days in the lead up to Christmas. Read More
Boy, 5, with sickle cell disease struck with flu in 'terrifying' ordeal as 'paediatric winter' hits
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Reading Time: < 1 minute David Aibuki looks like any normal, healthy, happy five-year-old boy. He is a bit shy when we first meet but soon warms…
Super-flu vaccine that can fight ALL known 20 strains
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Scientists have created a super-vaccine that can fight every known strain of flu and uses the same technology used in Covid shots….
Children to be prescribed videogames to ease anxiety
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Games, videos and quizzes based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) should be offered to children as young as five, as part of…
Regulators have approved the world's most expensive medicine that costs $3.5 million per patient
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Reading Time: < 1 minute US regulators have approved a hemophilia drug that will cost $3.5 million per patient, making it the world’s most expensive medicine. Read…
Fewer than seven in 10 eligible women had smear tests last year as cervical cancer screening rates plummet to lowest level in a DECADE in wake of pandemic, official data shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Smear test rates have plunged to a record low in the wake of the pandemic, official data revealed today. Read More
Eight glasses of water a day excessive for most people, study suggests
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A recommendation to drink eight glasses of water a day is likely to be excessive for most people, according to scientists. Read…
Struggling NHS gets more complaints than ever before: Record 225,000 written grievances were made about ailing health service last year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Patients are complaining about the NHS more than ever, official figures revealed today. More than 225,000 written grievances were penned Read More
Nurses across UK to strike for first time on 15 and 20 December
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nurses across the UK will go on strike for the first time over two days in the fortnight before Christmas Read More