5 h. ago UK pensioners snorting cocaine on the rise as even OAPs in their 90s are getting high

Hospitals are seeing a surge in admissions for coked-up OAPs who are in some cases as old as 90, as NHS figures show 723 pensioners needed hospital treatment between March 2023 and March 2024

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12 h. ago Pensioners snorting cocaine skyrockets as UK hospitals in crisis

Recent NHS data has shown that 723 over-65s were admitted between March 2023 and March 2024 for cocaine-related issues, including a handful in their 90s

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14 h. ago Number of OAPs admitted to hospital for snorting cocaine soars... including pensioners in their 90s

Of 723 snorting seniors who sought medical treatment for using the Class A drug in the year to March, eight were aged above 90.

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27 h. ago NHS dentistry crisis sees thousands of kids hospitalised to have teeth extracted

Mirror’s Dentists for All campaign petition surpasses 50,000 signatures as Royal College of Surgeons brands the oral health crisis ‘a public health emergency’

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5 d. ago Kate Gosselin, 50, lands in hospital over mystery health crisis as she asks fans to 'pray'

She posted an image of her hand hooked up to an IV in a hospital bed, asking: 'Please pray for me tonight and tomorrow. I will be fine, but I'm scared and would appreciate your prayers! Thanks, guys.'

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7 d. ago Viagra crisis as number of Brit men hospitalised for painful erections lasting hours hits all time high

A RECORD 518 men in a year needed hospital treatment for painful erections, figures show. And the NHS prescribed Viagra a record 4.7million times last year. Of the 518 cases in the year to March 2025, 410 were emergency admissions for priapism — where the penis remains erect for over four hours. The remainder had...

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2 w. ago 'Humiliated' patients treated by doctors in Costa Coffee due to NHS overcrowding

Patients have been treated by doctors in a Costa Coffee at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, amid a crisis over space in the NHS - with the situation branded 'humiliating'

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