Jeremy Hunt warned that the NHS will swallow up billions in taxpayers’ cash unless its staffing crisis is fixed
The NHS will gobble up billions more in taxpayers’ cash if ministers don’t address its staffing crisis, Jeremy Hunt warned today.
The former Health Secretary said the idea that throwing money at the health service to clear backlogs and treatment delays had ‘poisoned intelligent debate’ about how to fix the problems.
Despite record funding for the NHS, waiting lists for routine
The next head of a ‘militant’ medical union considering industrial action over No10’s plan to boost face-to-face GP appointments could be a doctor who wants practices to stop offering patients ‘vital’ services.
Dr Farah Jameel, a GP in Camden, London, is one of two contenders shortlisted for the vacant role of chair of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) general practitioners committee.
Outgoing boss Dr Richard Vautrey last week announced he would step down at the end of November, after leading
Last week, during a White House press briefing on COVID-19, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky urged Americans to get jabs for their kids. “We know that vaccination helps to decrease community transmission,” she said, “and protect those who are most vulnerable.”
Her message was succinct, accurate, and easy to understand. But it was at odds with new guidance from the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges. In a document called Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to
A report by Copenhagen Economics states that we need to go beyond the EU Orphan Medicinal Products legislation, and rethink the rare disease eco-system to address remaining unmet need. It suggests rare diseases should be considered a public health priority by policy-makers, and that partnerships will be key in addressing remaining unmet need and reinforcing the EU rare disease eco-syst
We spoke to Giles Platford, President of the Europe and Canada Business Unit at Takeda. He is also currently serving
Doctors have accused the Government of ‘wilful negligence’ for not to re-imposing face masks and WFH guidance despite warnings Covid cases could surge to 100,000 a day within weeks.
This week NHS bosses, trade unions and a slew of high profile scientists called for the country to take a tougher stance on coronavirus restrictions amid surging infection numbers and a lagging booster vaccine rollout.
But in a Downing Street press conference Health Secretary Sajid Javid held his nerve and insisted
At the start of the American Revolution, ninety per cent of the deaths in the Continental Army were due to disease. Smallpox was especially devastating: nearly a third of those infected died. General George Washington weighed an Army-wide mandate for smallpox inoculation—a procedure with a mortality rate of around two per cent. The mandate was sure to meet resistance, and could signal to the British how beset the Americans were by illness. Still, on February 6, 1777, he sent a
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ZUERST AUF FOX: Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., schickte einen Brief an Zentren für Seuchenkontrolle und Verhütung (CDC) Direktorin Rochelle Walensky fordert die CDC auf, “natürliche Immunität” gegen . anzuerkennen COVID-19.
Marshall, ein Arzt, führte am Dienstag in einem Brief an Walensky eine Gruppe seiner Kollegen von Doctors Caucus an und warnte, dass die Nichtanerkennung der natürlichen Immunität gegen COVID-19 weitreichende Auswirkungen vom Militär auf das Gesundheitswesen und die Wirtschaft haben könnte.
„Das Impfmandat des US-Verteidigungsministeriums hat das Potenzial,
Nicole Lawson spent the beginning of the pandemic incredibly worried about her daughter, who has asthma. Five-year-old Scarlett’s asthma attacks were already landing her in the ER or urgent care every few months. Now a scary new virus was spreading. Respiratory viruses are known triggers of asthma attacks, and doctors also feared at the time that asthma itself could lead to more severe coronavirus infections. So Lawson’s family in Ohio hunkered down quickly and masked up often to keep Scarlett
