Older patients can inadvertently be put at risk when they are taken off blood-thinning drugs
For patients with atrial fibrillation, the risk of stroke or heart attack from stopping anticoagulants usually outweighs the ...
Frailty score could reduce pressure on hospital beds and lower costs
The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) helps identify older patients (aged 75 and over) who may be frail and more likely to ...
Police told to apologise to family of Semina Halliwell by watchdog for 'distress' caused
Merseyside Police showed a lack of support for a 12-year-old who went on to take her own life, a police watchdog has found.
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Workplace interventions can improve healthcare workers’ mental health and reduce burnout
Olga Lainidi observes that workplace interventions including job and task modifications, help manage burnout and mental ...
Doctor mum left 'feeling betrayed’ by colleagues after son dies at hospital she worked at
Deborah Burns has told how she feels 'betrayed' following the death of her son William Hewes in January 2023 at London's ...
Ida Lock inquest: Equipment 'not fit for purpose' and midwife excused from court
Dr Kirkup led the public inquiry into the deaths of 11 babies and one mum at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS ...
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The prostate cancer therapy that could save sex lives - but men don't know about
About half of men with medium-risk prostate cancer have just one tumour, occupying only 5 to 10 per cent of the prostate, yet far too many are being steered towards radical treatment ...
Call for forensic examination of trans medic's mobile in changing room row case
Sandie Peggie's legal team has asked for a forensic examination of Dr Beth Upton's phone before the employment tribunal ...
Suspending nurse over conflict with trans doctor ‘ludicrous’, HR worker said
Nurse Sandie Peggie was suspended on January 3, 2024 after Dr Beth Upton made an allegation of bullying and harassment ...
NHS to expand opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing
The NHS will automatically test patients for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C unless they opt out at 90 hospitals.
Senior doctor says she feels betrayed over son's 'sepsis' death at her own hospital after he was 'left unmonitored and untreated for far too long'
William Hewes, 22, died at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023 after doctors repeatedly failed to act on his ...
Manager defends suspension of trans row nurse
Clinical nurse manager Esther Davidson told the tribunal the decision to suspend Ms Peggie was "to protect both Sandie, Beth ...