Parents who sent their children to a specialist school where disabled pupils were given infected blood products were not given details of the treatment their sons were receiving, an inquiry has heard. Several pupils who attended the Lord Mayor Treloar College, a special education boarding school in Hampshire, in the 1970s and 1980s were given … Read more
Top European resorts are unlikely to be added to the green list ‘before August’, foreign tourism chiefs have reportedly been told, leaving millions of Britons facing another summer without a holiday abroad. UK ambassadors are said to have warned foreign tourism bosses that the return of British travellers to traditional holiday hot-spots such as Spain … Read more
‘You can change time!’ Mind-boggling video illusion speeds up or slows down simply by blocking the sides or centre of the footage with a finger The mind-boggling trick was shared on TikTok and Instagram by Dr Karan Rajan Dr Karan is a NHS surgical doctor and lecturer at the University of Sunderland Captioned ‘You can … Read more
An NHS psychologist has been suspended after patients complained she spent hour-long therapy sessions ignoring their problems and discussing her personal life. ‘Emotional’ Martina King wasted entire appointments discussing issues to do with her family, her job and her own health, leaving her clients ‘burdened’ and ‘upset’. The experienced professional, who worked at Hertfordshire Partnership … Read more
W is for ‘white fragility’: NHS bosses block bizarre A to Z of woke terms from public view after accusations it was ‘divisive’ NHS gets a backlash over glossary that is branded ‘alphabet of woke’ by Tory MP Entries for T even include ‘taking the knee’, ‘tokenism’, and ‘transgender man’ One entry for the draft … Read more
NHS calls for ban on small magnetic toys after dozens of children who swallowed them needed urgent surgery Ingesting more than one magnet can cause major damage in hours if not removed They fuse in intestines or bowels, squeezing tissue and cutting off blood supply At least 65 children have been admitted to hospital for … Read more
Matt Hancock gets a slap on the wrist from watchdog for ‘minor’ breach of the Ministerial Code by failing to declare he owned shares in a family firm which won NHS contracts while he was Health Secretary Health Secretary has shares in Topwood Ltd,run by his sister and brother-in-law Company specialises in secure storage, shredding … Read more
Almost 3,500 cases of the Indian Covid variant have now been spotted across the UK, with the number of people testing positive for the strain having more than doubled in a week. Public Health England’s weekly update said the B.1.617.2 variant had been detected 3,424 times by May 19, up from 1,313 a week ago. … Read more
Welcome to the gun show! Royal fans swoon over ‘fit’ Duke of Cambridge’s biceps as he shares a snap of him getting his first Covid vaccine – with one branding him ‘Prince Hottie’ Duke of Cambridge shared photo of him receiving first Covid jab this week Many fans took to social media to praise the … Read more
The NHS should automatically enrol all smokers on programmes to help them quit, leading doctors have said. A report by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) also called for pregnant women to be paid to give up and for a huge tax increase that would double the price of cigarettes over five years. The doctors … Read more