24 h. ago 100s of trans NHS patients diagnosed with biological male illnesses recorded as women

HUNDREDS of transgender NHS patients diagnosed with illnesses that only biological men get were recorded in official figures as women.  Analysis by The Sun suggests self-identifying trans patients had their gender noted as female at least 549 times in the year to April for issues including male infertility.  The NHS England figures included 313 admissions...

Science

4 d. ago Extreme ‘no food’ diet NHS is prescribing to record numbers to reverse diabetes

Type 2 diabetes patients have been put into remission - something previously thought impossible - by the NHS ‘soups and shakes’ diet

Events

6 d. ago UK braced for 'worst flu season on record' as experts warn THOUSANDS could die and NHS issues 'flu jab SOS'

NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey said there was 'no doubt' this winter will be one of the toughest the health service has ever faced, with hospitals at capacity.

Events

1 week ago Woman charged after NHS patients' records accessed in data breach

Around 100 patients in NHS Lothian could have had their records accessed because of an NHS data breach.

Science

2 w. ago ‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice

Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medicThis essay was originally published on Rest of worldEvery few months, my mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient who lives in a small city in eastern China, embarks on a two-day journey to see her doctor. She fills her backpack with a change of clothes, a stack of medical reports and a few boiled eggs to snack on. Then, she takes a 90-minute ride on a high-speed train and checks into a hotel in the eastern metropolis of Hangzhou.At 7am the next day, she lines up with hundreds of others to get her blood taken in a long hospital hall that buzzes like a crowded marketplace. In the afternoon, when the lab results arrive, she makes her way to a specialist’s clinic. She gets about three minutes with the doctor. Maybe five, if she’s lucky. He skims the lab reports and quickly types a new ...

Society

3 w. ago First NHS liver cancer patient receives pioneering ultrasound treatment

The new treatment works to destroy liver cancer without the need for chemotherapy or radiation

Science

3 w. ago Hackers are now a serious risk to patients' lives as NHS records the first death due to a cyber crime

Heathrow Airport, Marks & Spencer, Jaguar Land Rover, the British Library. These are some of the leading UK companies and institutions that have fallen victim to cyber crime in the past couple of years.

Events

3 w. ago Written complaints to NHS in England rises to new record high

Some 256,777 complaints were made to the NHS in 2024/25, up from 241,922 a year earlier.

Politics

4 w. ago Scientists discover drug combination to help prostate cancer patients live longer

The Institute of Cancer Research finds that combining existing breast and blood cancer drugs could halt the growth of tumours in the prostate

Science

4 w. ago Final warning for millions of Windows 10 users as support ends today

Five million people in the UK need to update to Windows 11 or sign up to extended support – or else risk falling victim to hackers and scams

Events

last month Is UK National Screening Committee really going to deny prostate tests for sake of £18 a patient? Report estimates targeted screening would save thousands of men's lives

A lifesaving prostate screening programme would require only five more MRI scanners and 75 extra staff, including four urologists, Prostate Cancer Research says.

Economics