Health

UK's first Early Cancer Institute is launched in Cambridge

Scientists at the new institute will devote their expertise to detecting and studying cancers early. Source link

4 years ago

Many English maternity units not meeting safety standards

More than half of England's maternity units require improvements in safety, BBC analysis finds. Source link

4 years ago

Scotland's A&E waiting times worst on record

Weekly figures show that a record number of A&E patients waited more than four hours. Source link

4 years ago

Somerset nurse struck off for failing to dispense morphine

A nurse who failed to administer morphine to a patient before surgery has now been struck off. Source link

4 years ago

Infected blood transfusions probably killed 1,800 in UK – study

Study estimates 27,000 people were infected with hepatitis C in UK after surgery in 1970s and 1980s. Source link

4 years ago

Bigger breakfasts better for controlling appetite, study suggests

People in a trial eating nearly half their daily calories at breakfast were less hungry during the day. Source link

4 years ago

Smear tests: Women waiting three times longer than they should for results

It means women are waiting more than three times longer than they should for results. Source link

4 years ago

Anti-obesity strategy to be reviewed due to cost-of-living crisis

Katharine Jenner, director of the Obesity Health Alliance, a coalition of 40 organisations, said axing measures in the strategy would…

4 years ago

Walk and wait is best strategy to stop baby crying

The team found that when the mother carefully walked around while carrying the baby, the crying infants calmed down and…

4 years ago

Nottingham maternity review to examine 10 years of baby cases

Senior midwife Donna Ockenden is examining failings by maternity services in Nottingham. Source link

4 years ago