Very recently I have had the good fortune of listening to what two distinguished oncologists – doctors who specialise in the treatment of cancer – have to say about the prospect of assisted suicide becoming law in this country. I met the
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The NHS has started trialling a new iPhone adapter which can inspect whether someone has throat cancer. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) claimed that thousands of patients could obtain the all-clear for suspected throat cancer quickly
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – UK Health Secretary expresses NHS cannot be turned around ‘overnight’ but promises to get service ‘back on its feet.’ The health secretary Wes Streeting has cautioned that the NHS will not be turned around in one budget,
London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – Hundreds of health staffers have urged the General Medical Council to prevent suspending doctors imprisoned for peaceful climate activism ahead of a trial which could witness the first jailing of a functional GP for a non-violent climate
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The latest Alzheimer’s drug has been denied for widespread usefulness by the NHS in England after the health spending watchdog stated that it “does not currently present value for the NHS”. It is the second disease-modifying Alzheimer’s
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – UK Health Secretary stirs claims that some patients confronting avoidable ‘death sentence’ due to current NHS declines. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has revived assertions that some patients are receiving a “death sentence” because of the issues
London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – Gender-critical advocates have cautioned Sir Keir Starmer that Labour schemes to bar trans conversion therapy risk criminalising parents who objected to their child’s transition. Around 140 people including peers, MPs, doctors and psychotherapists have signed an open
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Bystanders are less likely to provide chest compressions to women who suffer a cardiac arrest in public. The study by St John Ambulance disclosed that nearly a quarter of the 1,000 Britons surveyed confessed they were less
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The health watchdog has halted its inspections of local NHS authorities after an examination found significant failings. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will cease its assessments of England’s integrated care systems (ICS), which manage NHS services across
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Leading doctors have placed Britain’s immigration system as a “public mental health concern” that imposes harm on asylum seekers, and threats “re-traumatising” those already impacted by psychological distress. The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsch) has urged UK