1 hour ago Millions of patients to be treated by GPs instead of hospitals under radical reforms to cut NHS waiting list

NHS bosses claim half of the 135 million hospital outpatient appointments every year are 'pointless' and follow-ups and consultations could instead be done in high-street surgeries.

Science

7 h. ago Paedophile NHS anaesthetist, 37, who took indecent photos of unconscious patients including girl, five, loses bid to shorten jail sentence

Edward Finn committed 'about as egregious breach of trust as can be imagined' when he captured the pictures of four female victims.

Events

19 h. ago New NHS 'trojan horse' drug gives cancer patients years longer with loved ones

Terminal patients could get years more with their loved ones as the NHS offers Blenrep, which can put some blood cancer patients in remission

Science

36 h. ago NHS waiting lists fall to lowest level in two years...but number of patients waiting over a year on the rise

The news comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the NHS a cash injection of an extra £29 billion per year.

Science

61 h. ago East Renfrewshire doctor secures £65k Scottish Enterprise grant for innovative AI

An East Renfrewshire doctor has secured £65,000 in funding from Scottish Enterprise to develop an innovative medical education platform, following tailored support from Business Gateway East Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire Council.

Economics

61 h. ago Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year

Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breathAustralian researchers have developed a prototype methanol “breathalyser” capable of detecting small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath.Methanol poisoning is a problem that affects thousands of people every year, killing 20-40% of victims, according to Doctors Without Borders. In November, Australian backpackers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, along with British lawyer Simone White, were among six tourists to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos. Continue reading...

Politics

66 h. ago Rutherglen MSP welcomes £6.6 million of funding to reduce waiting times in Lanarkshire

This investment is part of the Scottish Government’s £200 million commitment in the Programme for Government to increase NHS capacity, reduce delayed discharge, and improve the flow of patients through hospitals.

Economics

3 d. 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

4 d. ago 11th hour bid to ban ‘death pods’ as MPs gear up for final votes on assisted dying

Exclusive: The move by Tory MP Greg Stafford to ban the Sarco suicide pod comes as 1,000 NHS doctors warn that Kim Leadbeater’s bill is ‘deeply flawed’

Events

4 d. ago NHS trust and ward manager guilty of safety failures after patient Alice Figueiredo, 22, killed herself at mental health hospital

Jurors at the Old Bailey found that North East London NHS Foundation Trust was not responsible for the death of Alice Figueiredo, 22, but had 'failed to ensure the safety of a non-employee'.

Events

4 d. ago More than 1,000 doctors write to MPs urging them to vote against assisted dying

Some high profile doctors are among more than 1,000 who have written to MPs urgent them not to pass a bill which would allow assisted dying under some circumstances

Politics

4 d. ago More than 1,000 doctors write to MPs to demand they vote AGAINST 'unsafe' assisted dying laws that are 'a real threat to both patients and NHS staff'

In an open letter, doctors from across the NHS warned the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill poses a 'real threat to both patients and the medical workforce'.

Events

4 d. ago Around 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote against ‘unsafe’ assisted dying Bill

In a letter, doctors from across the NHS warned the Bill provides ‘inadequate safeguards’.

Politics

4 d. ago More than 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote down ‘deeply flawed’ assisted dying bill

The doctors warned that the bill is ‘deeply flawed’

Politics

4 d. ago Good Morning Britain's Dr Hilary Jones says he'd help patients die if law changed

Dr Hilary Jones, who is a frequent guest on Good Morning Britain and Lorraine, says he would help a patient end their life if the law was changed to allow assisted dying

Events

5 d. ago 'Poo pills' to be given to NHS patients in bid to combat dangerous super bugs

The so-called 'poo pills' are being trialled by UK doctors in a bid to combat the rising surge of dangerous superbug infections.

Science

5 d. ago TV doctor Hilary Jones says he would help terminally ill to die if law changed

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to the House of Commons for debate on Friday

Society

5 d. ago Urgent NHS blood appeal to avoid national 'Red Alert' as stocks dangerously low

NHS says transfusions for cancer patients and women after childbirth are among those which may be halted if a Red Alert is declared for the first time ever as the service struggles with low stocks

Events

5 d. ago ITV Good Morning Britain's Dr Hilary Jones reveals he would help sick people die if law changed

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would mean terminally ill adults with only six months left to live could apply for assistance to end their lives, returns to Parliament this week.

Events

5 d. ago NHS urgent warning as it faces first ever blood Red Alert with stocks dangerously low

NHS says transfusions for cancer patients and women after childbirth are among those which may be halted if a Red Alert is declared for the first time ever as the service struggles with low stocks

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