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The BBC’s Lucy Williamson is outside Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, in the south of the country, as emergency workers assess the scene. Read full article at source...
Getty Images Patients who film their own medical treatment for TikTok or Instagram could be putting themselves and NHS staff at risk, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union’s annual conference heard that more patients were videoing their procedures on mobile phones, often without asking permission. This could distract staff or make...
The NHS app will become the default method of communication for millions more patients in England and save the health service £200m over the next three years, the government has said. More test results, screening invitations and appointment reminders will be sent directly to smartphones as part of a £50m investment in the app, in...
A court in Norway has sentenced a doctor to 21 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of dozens of women, in a case that has shocked the Scandinavian country. Former GP Arne Bye has been convicted of 70 counts of rape and sexual assault. He was also convicted of 82 counts of...
Cancer patients are being “priced out” of holidays due to “extremely unfair” travel insurance costs, a charity has warned. Maggie’s cancer support charity said patients and those with a history of the disease were “frequently” being quoted premiums of thousands of pounds, while some were being refused cover altogether. Its chief executive, Dame Laura Lee,...
Getty Images Pharmacists have warned that “one of the worst” examples of medicine shortages is affecting cancer patients. Creon, a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (Pert), helps digestion and is required by patients with pancreatic cancer, cystic fibrosis, and chronic pancreatitis. It is thought more than 61,000 patients in the UK need the medicine. Some patients...
Simon Thake BBC News, Yorkshire Simon Thake Dr Vasileios Orliaklis said Darnall Dental Clinic has lost funding despite recently taking on extra patients A dental practice in Sheffield has said it cannot afford to treat all of its NHS patients unless it secures extra funding. Since 2022, Darnell Dental Clinic has taken on an additional...
Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent BBC Paddy McMonagle said swimming helped him stop thinking about his treatment for cancer Patients being treated for cancer in Devon are using cold water swimming as therapy. Chill Coach Ellie Ricketts has encouraged 150 patients at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth to complete an eight-week course called Into...
King Charles has sent a personal message to fellow cancer patients, speaking of the “daunting and at times frightening experience” for cancer sufferers and their loved ones. In a heartfelt message to guests at a Buckingham Palace reception for cancer charities, the King spoke about becoming a cancer “statistic” – referencing the more than 1,000...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to help improve outcomes for stroke patients in Devon. The project SAMueL-2, which stands for stroke audit machine learning, helps to identify which patients can receive a procedure called thrombolysis, which involves administering drugs to break down blood clots. It has analysed a quarter of a million medical records...
A scheme to support GPs to provide care and advice to patients which avoids them joining long NHS hospital waiting lists is being expanded in England, the government says. GPs will work more closely with specialists to access expert advice quickly for patients with conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, menopause symptoms and ear infections....
A German palliative care doctor has been charged with murdering 15 of his patients using a cocktail of lethal drugs. Prosecutors in Berlin have accused the 40-year-old of setting fire to the homes of some of his suspected victims to cover his tracks. He allegedly killed 12 women and three men between September 2021 and...
Amy Gladwell BBC South West Investigations Team BBC Elle Jones, 19, says she lost periods of her teens to eczema “It’s taken a big toll on my life,” says Elle Jones, 19, reflecting on her severe eczema. The office worker from Devon describes days bedridden with “excruciating” pain and chronic itching, while waiting up to...
BBC handout When her baby was three weeks old, Emma took an overdose Failing to properly diagnose and treat people with bipolar disorder is wasting billions of pounds a year in the UK, according to new data shared exclusively with the BBC. Experts say many of the estimated million people living with this condition are...