Scots scientists discover bacterial strain which blocks deadly Zika virus

Scots scientists discover bacterial strain which blocks deadly Zika virus

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.scotsman.com/news/scots-scientists-discover-bacterial-strain-which-blocks-deadly-zika-virus-1-4672415 By Kevan  Christie Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika virus transmission from mosquitoes. In the new study, published today in PLOS Pathogens, scientists show that a novel strain of the inherited bacteria Wolbachia strongly blocks transmission of dengue and Zika virus…

NHS England hopes England will be first country to eliminate Hepatitis C

NHS England hopes England will be first country to eliminate Hepatitis C

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken  from: http://home.bt.com/news/latest-news/nhs-england-hopes-england-will-be-first-country-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c-11364246771040 By BT News The NHS is planning for England to be the first country in the world to eliminate Hepatitis C. Health leaders have called on the pharmaceutical industry to work with them to provide best value for money for treatments so that the NHS can commit to eliminating…

Mental health care crisis looming because trainee nurses are being driven away by bursary cuts, MPs warn

Mental health care crisis looming because trainee nurses are being driven away by bursary cuts, MPs warn

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mental-health-care-crisis-trainee-nurses-bursary-cuts-staffing-recruitment-support-quality-a8177981.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent Specialist training programmes being closed down because of a lack of graduates The crisis in mental health services is likely to be made worse because of a collapse in trainee nurses following the Government’s decision to scrap bursaries for nursing students last year, MPs have warned. In a report…

Doctors blocked by ‘arbitrary’ visa rules from taking up NHS jobs

Doctors blocked by ‘arbitrary’ visa rules from taking up NHS jobs

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/doctors-blocked-by-arbitrary-visa-rules-from-taking-up-nhs-jobs-11222690 By Paul Kelso, Health Correspondent Clinicians, hospital trusts and recruitment agencies say rules are preventing the NHS filling thousands of vacant doctors posts. Fully-qualified foreign doctors are being prevented from taking up NHS jobs because of “arbitrary” visa rules which critics say are exacerbating the crisis in the health service….

NHS urged to act more quickly to stop elderly patients going blind

NHS urged to act more quickly to stop elderly patients going blind

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/23/nhs-urged-act-quickly-stop-elderly-patients-going-blind/ By: Laura Donnelly, health editor  Thousands of elderly patients are being left at risk of blindness because the NHS is too slow to prescribe drugs which could save their sight, experts have warned. New guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) today say patients suffering from age-related macular…