Tag: NHS

A virtual reality therapy game (iVRT) which could provide relief for patients suffering from chronic pain and mobility issues has been developed by a team of UK researchers. Dr. Andrew Wilson and colleagues from Birmingham City University built the CRPS app in collaboration with clinical staff at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust for

Teenagers with mental health conditions are being turned away by the NHS unless they have tried suicide, officials warn Anne Longfield said clinics were struggling to cope with epidemic of self-harm Her research found a third of health trusts cut children’s mental health funding She said that they are being turned away by the NHS

I’m proof food is the best medicine: NHS doctor says changing his diet helped cure his heart condition as he shares his Eat To Beat Illness recipes that could transform your health too! What would you say if I told you that I’d discovered a medicine that could change your life? This miraculous drug taken

Schoolboy, 8, is ‘living with a death sentence’ because the NHS won’t fork out for £100,000-per-year cystic fibrosis ‘wonder drug’ George Monckton could be saved from lung deterioration by Orkambi  It could extend the lives of patients who often die before reaching middle age Drug is unavailable on NHS because of a deadlock in price

Dr MAX The Mind Doctor: NHS phone app to treat children with depression is the last thing troubled girls like Molly Russell need after she took her own life when she viewed images glorifying suicide on Instagram What is the answer to the overwhelming numbers of children who are now struggling with mental health problems?

NHS needs an army of volunteers to cope with the burden of the UK’s rising elderly population, top doctor says The president of the Royal College of Physicians Professor Andrew Goddard said that it is an ‘inescapable truth’ that the NHS will increasingly require more help He has voiced support for the Daily Mail’s volunteer campaign with

NHS has paid private consultants £26MILLION to ‘review demand’ and ‘support sustainability’ as part of an ‘unacceptable’ shake-up More than 550 non-clinical jobs have been made at a cost of £32million a year British Medical Association warns money is being diverted from patient care Freedom of Information request was sent to NHS bodies in 44

NHS knew ‘for a MONTH’ about cervical cancer screening blunder that saw almost 50,000 women miss out on smear test invites and results More than 4,500 women were not sent the results of their screening tests  Whereas more than 40,000 were not sent appointment invitations or reminders  The BMA has called the situation ‘incredibly serious’

NHS ‘could skimp on cyber security’ as it says £800m to bolster its defences is not ‘value for money’ in the wake of the devastating WannaCry cyber attack NHS Digital documents said a cyber expert’s recommendations were ‘useful’ But it said paying £800m to £1bn for all providers to be protected was too much The

NHS will become the first health service to use routine genetic testing in a move that will ‘transform patients’ lives’ Genomic Medicine Service will be used on people at risk of 22 genetic diseases Hopes it will boost early diagnoses and improve preventative care Treatment will shift from being ‘one size fits all’ to a

Country’s top nurse resigns in the wake of misleading NHS pay blunder Country’s top nurse resigns after NHS pay blunder left tens of thousands of nurses expecting a 3% raise that never materialised Janet Davies will step down as chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing She apologised to the 435,000-strong union last month

Children in England with high-risk neuroblastoma will now be offered a cancer drug that could extend their life. Final recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) mean children over the age of 12 months, who have responded to previous treatment but have a high risk of their cancer coming back, will

NHS hospitals put up posters reminding surgeons to check they have the right patient after a series of operating theatre blunders John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals had mishaps between May and June At the Oxford University clinics, surgeons put an endoscopy in the wrong patient Medics left a surgical cup in a patient, requiring they go

Most people think flu-like symptoms are a sign they’re coming down with a cold, but they can actually be far more serious. Recognising sepsis blood poisoning in time for treatment could save someone’s life, according to NHS Choices. Without being treated quickly, sepsis can lead to multiple organ failure – and even death. There have

NHS is ‘nowhere near crisis point yet’: Ipsos MORI chief says it’ll take a ‘few more bad winters’ for true turmoil, just days after Theresa May promised £20 billion more for the health service Ben Page, chief executive of Ipsos MORI, made the controversial comments  His comments come days after Theresa May promised a cash

How 53-year-old retail worker became one of the first NHS patients to be saved by ‘miracle’ cancer treatment Eighteen months on from successful treatment for an aggressive type of skin cancer, Tina Manning, 53, of Luton, faced the words no patient wants to hear The cancer was back — and it had spread to her brain

‘Worst ever winter’ for NHS prompted record number of complaints as official figures also reveal the best and worst trusts for care across England (so how does yours rate?) NHS Digital figures showed 49,580 written complaints were made in quarter 4 This is 4,000 more than what was recorded between October and December Most were

From laxatives to sun cream: The full list of medicines that will no longer be available on NHS prescription at the end of the month NHS announced the prescription ban in March; it comes into effect on May 31  Banned products include cough mixtures, eye drops, laxatives and sun creams Treatments for constipation, cold sores

Bank Holiday Monday was the hottest on record. Temperatures topped 28 degrees in some parts of the country. Today is also hot by British standards. In London, it’s 26 degrees and there aren’t many clouds in the sky. With sunshine comes sunburn. If you were out yesterday, you might be a little lobster-like sitting there

NHS set to offer cancer patients a ‘game changer’ treatment that could save THOUSANDS of lives CAR-T therapy is a new treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) The immunotherapy treatment could benefit 30,000 Britons a year  Trials in the US showed it eradicated CLL in 94 per cent of patients The NHS is preparing to