This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50472775 By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online It may be time to rethink how we measure and define old age in the UK because more people are surviving into their late 80s and beyond, say experts. The Office for National Statistics team says although 65 has traditionally been seen as the…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/18/nhs-pay-doctors-tax-bills-attempt-avert-winter-crisis/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Doctors will have their tax bills paid by the NHS in a bid to avert a winter crisis caused by understaffing. Thousands of medics will be offered an emergency deal, amid growing concern about the number of consultants refusing to work overtime because they are…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50465563 By Adrian Goldberg “You know when your washing machine first starts spinning and then it goes really fast to get hot – I feel like I’m on a superfast spin.” Michele Reynolds Cole, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, is telling me what it’s like to live without Gabitril, the…
This article was taken from: By Internal document seen by the Guardian shows low supplies for heart, cancer and anti-epilepsy drugs The NHS is running short of dozens of lifesaving medicines including treatments for cancer, heart conditions and epilepsy, the Guardian has learned. An internal 24-page document circulated to some doctors last Friday from the medicine supply…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50377846 By Alison Holt & Ben Butcher BBC News The care system helps older and disabled people with day-to-day tasks like washing, dressing, eating and medication. It is under pressure across the UK after past governments failed to reform or fund the council-run system properly. Experts believe the problems are…