Breast cancer study uncovers new genetic variants for increased risk

Breast cancer study uncovers new genetic variants for increased risk

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/23/breast-cancer-breakthrough-as-study-uncovers-new-genetic-variants-that-increase-risk By: Press Association Researchers hope new discoveries will help explain why some women are predisposed to breast cancer, as well as why certain forms are harder to treat Common inherited genetic variants that together increase the risk of breast cancer by about a fifth have been identified by scientists. A huge…

Soaring numbers flying abroad for medical care as NHS lists lengthen

Soaring numbers flying abroad for medical care as NHS lists lengthen

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/22/soaring-numbers-flying-abroad-medical-care-nhs-lists-lengthen/ By: Laura Donnelly, health editor ,Katie Morley, consumer affairs editor, 22 OCTOBER 2017 • 9:30PM The number of patients leaving Britain and flying overseas for medical treatment has trebled as NHS waiting times reach a record high, a Telegraph investigation has revealed. Government data shows the number of people going abroad for healthcare has…

NHS waiting times: hospital bosses fear ‘a return to 1999’

NHS waiting times: hospital bosses fear ‘a return to 1999’

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/19/nhs-waiting-times-hospital-bosses-fear-a-return-to-1999 By: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Four NHS trust chief executives publicly raise concerns about service struggling amid tight budgets and staffing problems Hospital bosses have taken the unusual step of publicly drawing attention to the NHS’s declining ability to treat patients quickly enough, with one comparing lengthening waits for care to…

Elderly patients could be put at risk by pressure to empty NHS beds, warns social care chief inspector

Elderly patients could be put at risk by pressure to empty NHS beds, warns social care chief inspector

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/18/elderly-patient-could-put-risk-pressure-empty-nhs-beds-warns/ By:Laura Donnelly, health editor  Pressures on hospitals to empty thousands of beds ahead of winter could risk the safety of frail elderly patients, the chief inspector of social care has warned. Andrea Sutcliffe said she was concerned that vulnerable patients would be moved into inadequate facilities, after councils were told funding…

NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese

NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/17/nhs-provokes-fury-indefinite-surgery-ban-smokers-obese/ By:  Laura Donnelly, health editor  The NHS will ban patients from surgery indefinitely unless they lose weight or quit smoking, under controversial plans drawn up in Hertfordshire. The restrictions – thought to be the most extreme yet to be introduced by health services – immediately came under attack from the Royal College of…