Air pollution ‘triggers hundreds more heart attacks and strokes’
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Air pollution ‘triggers hundreds more heart attacks and strokes’

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50119981 By BBC Health news Sudden spikes in air pollution in the UK trigger hundreds more heart attacks, strokes and acute asthma attacks on those days, research suggests. A team at King’s College London looked at data from London, Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford and Southampton. Days when…

NHS Digital restructure will see 500 jobs axed across England
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NHS Digital restructure will see 500 jobs axed across England

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-46043752 By BBC Health News About 500 jobs will be lost in a restructure of NHS Digital across England, according to the Secretary of State for Health. It employs about 2,700 people in IT-related roles at centres across the country, with almost 2,000 of those jobs in Leeds. The Unison union…