On a drizzly Friday morning, Sara Sutherland wakes up smug in the knowledge that today she won’t have to drag her children out of bed for the rigmarole of the school run.
Instead, she and seven-year-old twins, Charlotte and Harriett, will be flying to Barcelona for the day.
But unlike other parents who dare pull their children out of school for a family holiday, Sara won’t be receiving a fine from the local authority for non-attendance.
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Earlier this month the NHS announced that thousands of healthy women in England would be offered a drug that could stop them getting breast cancer – and, in response, my social media went into meltdown.
I am used to being contacted by people searching for medical information. As an NHS GP with an interest in women’s health, I use social media to raise awareness of poorly understood health issues and explain exciting medical discoveries. But the response I received when
Some days really are longer than others. And now scientists know by precisely how much.
Using a laser gyroscope, scientists have measured variations in Earth’s rotation rate smaller than a millionth of a percent. The technique could help scientists understand the complex flows of water and air that cause the tiniest of tweaks to the planet’s spin.
Earth’s rotation isn’t perfectly steady. The planet speeds up and slows down as it twirls, making a day slightly shorter or longer by
More than 60 per cent of patients at the busiest hospitals have waited at least 18 weeks for routine procedures, MailOnline can reveal today.
The proportion is about five times smaller at the quietest sites, our analysis found.
Under the NHS’s own rulebook, anyone referred for treatment by their GP has the legal right to be seen within that time-frame.
But not a single trust is meeting the target of ensuring 92 per cent of patients are seen within
