This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47226777 By BBC Health news People are being encouraged to know their cholesterol and blood pressure numbers as well as they know their bank Pin code – because it could save their life. These numbers flag up early signs of cardiovascular disease, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Forty…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/13/refugee-scheme-nhs-staffing-crisis-work-placements?CMP=share_btn_tw By Jon Bloomfield Work placements aim to give medically qualified migrants access to UK jobs alongside English classes When Horani Othman fled Syria with his Kurdish family in 2012, he arrived in the UK not knowing how he would make ends meet. Sent to live in Birmingham by the Home Office…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47205496 By Hugh Pym Health editor An NHS where patients stay at home and rarely attend GP surgeries or hospital out-patient appointments is likely in a decade’s time, according to US health expert Dr Eric Topol, who was asked by ministers to look at how technology would change the role of health staff in…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/08/nhs-to-screen-for-lung-cancer-in-trucks-in-supermarket-car-parks By Denis Campbell, health policy editor Health chiefs hope £70m spend will save lives in areas with high death rates from disease The NHS is spending £70m placing mobile scanning trucks in supermarket car parks in a bid to cut deaths from lung cancer by encouraging patients to undergo a check-up. NHS England…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/05/alcohol-related-admissions-among-baby-boomers-soar-millennials/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Alcohol-related hospital admissions have risen fifteen per cent in a decade amid warnings that drinking by ‘baby boomers’ is taking its toll. The official statistics show that those aged 55 to 64 are now the most likely to be admitted to hospital because of alcohol-related diseases and…