This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50423095 By BBC Health news The number of children being admitted to hospital in England with a severe allergic reaction has risen every year for the past five years. NHS figures show 1,746 children were treated for anaphylactic shock in 2018-19, up from 1,015 in 2013-14. The parents of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse,…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50419657 By Sophie Hutchinson Accident-and-emergency units in England have recorded their worst performance since current records began. The latest performance statistics also show a raft of other targets are being missed – including for cancer operations and routine surgery. The Department of Health and Social Care says this is in…
This article was taken from: https://pharmafield.co.uk/healthcare/diabetes-uk-launches-new-five-year-strategy-to-tackle-the-diabetes-crisis/ By Emma Morriss Reducing the number of people getting type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes is one of five key outcomes in Diabetes UK’s new five-year strategy to tackle the diabetes crisis. The charity is launching the strategy to mark World Diabetes Day 2019. The ambitious strategy ‘A generation to…
This article was taken from: https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/13/nurse-adopts-homeless-stranger-can-get-heart-transplant-11091420/?ito=cbshare By Jacob Geanous A nurse became a legal guardian for a homeless man with autism so he could get the heart transplant he desperately needed Lori Wood decided to ‘adopt’ 27-year-old Jonathan Pickard only two days after meeting him so he would be eligible to receive a new heart. Wood,…
This article was taken from: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2019/Nov/hospital-diabetes-team-is-superhero-ready-for-world-diabetes-day.html By Kate Hardy We are just days away from the pinnacle of Diabetes Awareness Month – on Thursday 14th of November, across the globe people will recognise World Diabetes Day 2019. It is an opportunity for the diabetes community to unite and raise awareness of the different types of diabetes that affect millions…