A twice-a-year injection that reduces bad cholesterol to protect the heart is to be pioneered by the National Health Service (NHS) in England, reports BBC News....International
After Poland, the UK has the second lowest number of doctors in leading European nations relative to its population, despite three-times higher salaries. The Guardian...
January 15th, 2020
Female GPs in the UK earn an average of £40 000 ($52 000) a year less than their male colleagues, an analysis of official National Health Service (NHS) workforce...
Maintaining five healthy habits – eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not drinking too much alcohol, and not smoking – at...International
The Standard reports that the UK's National Health Service (NHS) Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) will see up to 5,000 patients prescribed a liquid diet of just...Medico-Legal
Dozens of babies and three mothers died at hospitals in England over four decades because of major staff failings, in what experts said could become the biggest...Weekly Roundup
In the UK, 10 suicides this year have been linked to a powerful acne drug as that country's medicines regulator re-opens an inquiry into it after being contacted by...Weekly Roundup
The Health Service Journal (UK) reports that it has obtained new figures that show there have been at least 1,019 reports of sexual assaults between men and women on...Weekly Roundup
The number of nursing vacancies across England will more than double over the next 10 years if action is not taken to improve recruitment, People Management reports a...Weekly Roundup
Millions of patients in England will be stopped from having an X-ray on their sore back, hernia repair surgery or scan of their knee to detect arthritis under...
