PRESCRIPTION costs will be “unaffordable for many” after rising to £9.90 tomorrow, medics warn. Charges have risen 2.59 per cent compared to the £9.65 they cost last year, the Department …
THE NHS has urged anyone with prescriptions to plan ahead as the bank holiday approaches. Over the coming days, you might want to make sure your medicine cabinet is stocked with …
BLUNDERING doctors who left surgical tools inside their patients have cost the NHS more than £30m in five years. Hundreds of unlucky Brits who went under the knife later launched …
A MAN claims he faces a near two-year wait to have a bowling ball-sized hernia that makes him look pregnant removed. Paul Milham, 45, from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, was told …
DAME Deborah James’ family are today calling for urgent action to give more cancer patients precious time with their loved ones. In a letter to the leaders of all political …
A “FIT and healthy” 84-year-old died in hospital after undergoing a high-risk operation for a cancer he ever had, according to a coroner. Alan Soane died on June 26, 2023, …
OBESE Brits are losing up to 8lbs in 12 weeks on an NHS weight loss programme, a study shows. Thousands of people referred to the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme …
FIFTY children were admitted to hospital last year with vaping-related disorders — 11 of them aged four or under. Yet in 2020, no pre-schoolers were among the just six e-ciggie …
HARRY Miller was just 14 years old when he started hearing voices and feeling “freaked out”. The “really good kid” went to three church youth groups a week but began …
WE give our kids yoghurt and cheese to help them “grow strong”, but forget about our own bone health as we age. Adults’ bones constantly remodel themselves, so as old …