A desperate mother is selling all her most valuable possessions to fund surgery to stop her becoming paralysed by a condition which is causing her head to crush her spine. Kate McGinley, 35, was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndome (EDS) in January which affects the connective tissue between bones, organs, ligaments and skin. The mother … Read more
Visa extensions for foreign-born frontline NHS staff as Priti Patel praises ‘heroic’ efforts during Covid pandemic Home Secretary will instruct officials to grant automatic 12-month extensions to vital workers if their visa is due to run out by October Announcement is expected to benefit up to 14,000 essential workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics Scheme … Read more
More than HALF of people who test positive for Covid have no symptoms – but fatigue is still most common sign, official data shows Office for National Statistics found 53 per cent suffered no symptoms Fatigue, headache and cough were the most common warning signs, they said NHS only lists a temperature, cough and loss … Read more
The Grand National meeting gets underway without crowds as Aintree lies deserted at the time thousands of punters would usually be piling through its doors ready for a beer and bacon sandwich! The Grand National’s first meeting will take place without fans on Thursday Aintree racecourse was empty ahead of the event with the UK … Read more
Maternity blunders cost £1m every DAY: Compensation payouts for NHS errors have trebled in the last decade, with up to four in ten baby units falling below standard, new figures show Holly Greenhow was awarded more than £15million in NHS compensation Her brain was starved of oxygen for some 35 minutes while being born Payments … Read more
Maternity blunders cost £1m every DAY: Compensation payouts for NHS errors have trebled in the last decade, with up to four in ten baby units falling below standard, new figures show Holly Greenhow was awarded more than £15million in NHS compensation Her brain was starved of oxygen for some 35 minutes while being born Payments … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Who ya gonna call? NHS priest turned ghostbuster to banish ‘poltergeist’ from 100-year-old psychiatric hospital and pray with scared staff after ‘weeks’ of office items mysteriously moving Staff in offices reported items being moved and appearing out of nowhere Management was so concerned they brought in chaplain to deal with spirit Reverend Mike Oates … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Who ya gonna call? NHS priest turned ghostbuster to banish ‘poltergeist’ from 100-year-old psychiatric hospital and pray with scared staff after ‘weeks’ of office items mysteriously moving Staff in offices reported items being moved and appearing out of nowhere Management was so concerned they brought in chaplain to deal with spirit Reverend Mike Oates … Read more
NHS is to set up special units to help treat mothers who are plagued by the trauma of PTSD There will be 26 specialist mental health hubs to support mothers suffering PTSD First 10 hubs will be open within months while the rest will be open by April 2022 Experts said one in four women … Read more
UK’s world-beating vaccine rollout will serve as a ‘blueprint for future disease prevention’, NHS chief says as bin men help doctors identify those in need Key success has been merging of services, said NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens He touted collaboration between NHS, charities, faith groups and armed forces Sir Simon also said the coronavirus … Read more