78 m. ago Hancock: Moving patients from hospitals to care homes was least

Module six of the inquiry is focused on the effect the pandemic had on both the publicly and privately funded adult social care sector across the UK.

Science

13 h. ago Digital ‘one stop shop’ for NHS will speed up care for patients, Government says

The new ‘innovator passport’ will mean technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation can easily be adopted by others.

Science

44 h. ago Coroner warns care home of ‘cultural problem’ after patient’s double bed fall

Sonia Sore, 84, fell onto the floor at North Court Care Home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on October 14 and October 20 2023.

Events

48 h. ago Covid Inquiry: 'Generational slaughter' as patients sent into care homes

The public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic has been told of 'generational slaughter' after untested hospital patients sent into care homes saw the virus sweep through them 'like wildfire'

Science

61 h. ago Patients with common eye condition face sight loss due to care delays – charity

A report by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists suggests glaucoma cases could rise by 22% by 2035.

Science

5 d. ago Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

Medicaid patients who sought affordable care from one of two clinics in South Carolina will no longer be reimbursed

Events

7 d. ago Man says wife ‘needlessly suffered’ as hospital admits patient care failings

Rotherham Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has apologised and said the care provided to some patients was ‘not at the level we strive for’.

Science

7 d. ago Tens of thousands of women forced to travel out of state for abortion care after Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022

More than 325,000 abortion patients were forced to leave their home state for legal care in the years after the decision

Transport

1 week ago UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’

Study commissioned by NHS finds that sickle cell disease care lags behind that for conditions such as cystic fibrosisPeople living with sickle cell disease face substandard care as its treatment significantly lags behind advances relating to other genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis, a report has found.The study, commissioned by the NHS Race and Health Observatory and carried out by researchers at Imperial College London, analysed various measures of care for sickle cell disease between 2010 and 2024, including clinical trials, approved drugs and reviews of existing studies. Continue reading...

Science

2 w. ago NHS bed blocking crisis as poor continence care 'contributing to issue'

A recent survey of 500 health professionals who treat patients with incontinence has revealed poor continence care is contributing to a bed blocking crisis in the UK

Events

2 w. ago Patients who record NHS care for TikTok or Instagram ‘put themselves at risk’

The Society of Radiographers also said that filming doctors and treatments was causing NHS staff unnecessary anxiety.

Events

2 w. ago The secrets to beating the 8am scramble for GP appointments by the people who really know

Manning the phone lines to surgeries, GP receptionists have long borne the brunt of patients' growing frustration with the primary care system.

Politics

3 w. ago NHS plans more robotic surgeries to speed up patient care and treatment

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that innovative technologies will ‘transform the NHS’

Science

3 w. ago Major emergency services response as two men attacked in their homes

Ambulance staff delivered 'critical care support' before transferring one patient to hospital while police have said another assault took place nearby

Events

3 w. ago Nurse struck off after scalding patient with boiling water and not reporting it

Mark Gavienas failed to provide adequate personal care to the patient, including by giving them the wrong amount of food and leaving them unattended in a bath, a panel found

Science