Tackling health anxiety could save NHS over £400m a year, study finds

Tackling health anxiety could save NHS over £400m a year, study finds

ByMatthew Betteridge

Researchers find people who have had a serious illness fear it will happen again and symptoms persist when nothing is wrong The NHS could save more than £420m a year by offering treatment for health anxiety and “cyberchondria”, a psychological ailment caused by people obsessively looking up their symptoms online, a study has estimated. The study, funded…

NHS maternity wards in England forced to close 382 times last year

NHS maternity wards in England forced to close 382 times last year

ByMatthew Betteridge

Figures obtained by Labour reveal ‘appalling’ treatment of women, largely due to staff shortages and lack of beds and cots Maternity wards in England were forced to close their doors 382 times in 2016, according to new figures that have triggered claims of women being “pushed from pillar to post in the throes of labour”….