The record £2.8m NHS payout couple on why their fight isn’t over
An internal report in 2016 originally found its staff had done nothing wrong and that an infection had led to Harriet’s death. “There were no infectious agents…
Sage seeks ‘immediate’ curtailment of indoor mixing, putting Christmas gatherings at risk
Instead, they are suggesting imposing restrictions until everyone has had a chance to have their booster vaccination, plus an additional two weeks to allow immunity to build….
What will happen if schools are forced to shut again
Last Wednesday, as Messrs Johnson, Vallance and Whitty addressed the nation wearing their doom-faces and calling yet again for “the slides”, Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, was…
It’s not fair to blame anti-vaxxers for the sick state of the NHS
It is disturbing to read that doctors and nurses are blaming the unvaccinated for filling up intensive care units and preventing them from treating “seriously ill patients”? …
One in eight Covid hospital patients suffered heart damage
One in eight patients hospitalised with Covid also suffered heart damage, new studies have shown – raising fears that the pandemic could fuel a crisis in cardiac…
Europe’s omicron panic has left the Continent in a very dark place
It may be tempting fate to say it, but Britain is perhaps the best place in Europe to spend this Christmas. Bavaria’s winter markets have closed, France’s…
Throwing money at GPs won’t make them any more productive
Labour’s Nye Bevan came up with a brutally effective method to deal with doctors who opposed the setting up of the NHS in 1948, famously declaring: “I stuffed…
It’s time to scrap the divisive and patronising term ‘BAME’
Whether the NHS should have a “Race and Health Observatory” is a matter for another time, but it is pleasing to see that, after consultation with the…
The inconvenient truth about antidepressants
After the loss of her 16-year-old daughter Jenny to suicide, 60-year-old Jenetta Bary went onto antidepressants for a couple of months. “It left me feeling deadened and…
GPs told to avoid offering antidepressants
Doctors will be told not to offer antidepressants to those with mild illness and instead suggest options such as meditation, mindfulness and talking therapies. The new NHS…
Britain must be weened off antidepressants, doctors told
Doctors will be told not to offer antidepressants to those with mild illness and instead suggest options such as meditation, mindfulness and talking therapies. The new NHS…
I’m still mortified by my emergency ambulance callout
The breathlessness and exhaustion crept up on me over a period of a few days last month. Pains in my jaw. A stabbing in my ear. An…
NHS braced for ‘capacity crunch’ as Tories set to miss GP recruitment target
He added: “Patients who have already been diagnosed and now find themselves on the growing waiting list would be likely to find it harder to access their…