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…
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…