Former PHE medical director backs assisted dying after cancer diagnosis
A former medical director of Public Health England has backed assisted dying in the UK after developing incurable lung cancer,...
Month: September 2020
One in five people drank four nights a week during lockdown, study reveals
The study from the University of Glasgow's Institute of Health and Wellbeing, based on data from more than 27,000 people...
Former head of Britain’s nuclear deterrent to sue Matt Hancock to force NHS to cover care costs for the elderly
With the help of Ian Wise QC, he has now launched legal proceedings with the “strategic intent” of changing NHS...
More than 650 households escape quarantine fines
Yvette Cooper, who chairs the home affairs committee, said it showed "huge gaps" in enforcement. "There clearly isn't any robust...
Up to 200 partying Coventry University students flout social distancing rules
The university, which has five campuses, said it had put safety measures in place and had student ambassadors in key...
Palantir’s $16bn market debut to shed light on Silicon Valley’s most secretive unicorn
It seemed like an unequivocal stance to take. Back in 2013, Palantir's chief executive Alex Karp said a public listing would make...
Apple Watch risks overloading medical services, say researchers
The Apple Watch's abnormal pulse detection feature risks overwhelming health services with false positive results, researchers have warned. In a...
Breast cancer missed for thousands of women because of Covid-related screening delays
Up to 9,000 cases of breast cancer may have been missed because of the suspension of screening services during the...
Royal colleges warn maternity units must be staffed at pre-Covid levels if second wave hits
Maternity units must not be stripped of staff in the event of a second wave of Covid-19, medical experts have...
Boris Johnson’s confusion over coronavirus rules speeds up Tory revolt
Sir Desmond Swayne, another former minister who has been a vocal critic of lockdown rules, said: "If the Government would...
‘Tougher and tougher rules’ won’t win war on Covid, says WHO envoy
The WHO special envoy said the most restrictive measures to combat the spread of disease could do too much wider...
Former Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe takes key role at NHS Test and Trace
Mr Coupe worked at Sainsbury's from 2004 until this year, becoming chief executive officer in 2014. Baroness Harding spent three...
when will we start listening to nurses?
Working at a suburban respite centre for children with significant care needs, the nurse Christie Watson noticed that families in...
Eating dairy can lower bowel cancer risk by 19 per cent
Eating dairy can lower the risk of bowel cancer by up to 19 per cent, a study published in the...
Elderly facing winter flu vaccine shortage
However, with demand up tenfold on the same time last year – according to Lloyds – pharmacies and GP surgeries...
Parliament’s bars and restaurants to close in line with 10pm curfew
After the decision to keep the bars open came in for cross-party criticism, Parliament announced a change with immediate effect....
‘It’s worse than prison’: Living with university lockdowns
Athena Lamnisos: 'It does not sit well with me' Athena Lamnisos, from west London, has followed the chaotic university lockdowns...
Wealthy millennials and holidaymakers ‘driving second coronavirus wave’
However Susan Michie, the director of the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, said it could be time to close pubs...
Averil Hart’s death from anorexia could have been avoided, her mother tells inquest
Ms Campbell detailed her daughter’s medical care from when she was first admitted to the eating disorder unit at Addenbrooke's...
How the pandemic is forcing poverty-stricken parents to make desperate choices
"What's happening is not surprising," says Erica Hall, child rights expert at WorldVision. "And it's coming out of the desperation...
Millions download NHS tracing app despite ‘teething problems’
More than 10 million people downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app in its first three days, the Government has said, despite a...
Hopes for nasal spray that gave ’96pc infection cover’ in ferrets
Weekly use of a nasal spray could give 96 per cent protection from coronavirus, new research from Public Health England (PHE) shows....
Government ponders plans for a ‘Neighbour Day’ bank holiday
Mr Kruger said in the report: “Neighbour Day should be a bank holiday, with an automatic permission for any residential street...
the heart attack risk factors every woman should know (but probably doesn’t)
What Professor Maas discovered would profoundly change how she practised cardiology. It would also lead to her new book, A...
Correcting Britain’s Vitamin D deficiency could save thousands of lives
As we face six tough months of curfews, isolation and economic misery, with vaccines a distant hope, testing struggling to...
‘Isolation hospitals’ were ‘too difficult’ for the UK’s health service to achieve
Newly-released minutes of a Nervtag meeting on June 10 record that John Edmunds, professor of infectious disease modelling at the...
Private hospitals boom as patients fears the NHS has been overwhelmed by Covid-19
Private hospitals are seeing a boom in demand for treatments from new patients triggered by fears the NHS has been...
