The NHS shingles vaccine could cut your stroke risk, Oxford study finds
The shingles jab could potentially save tens of thousands of lives A vaccine already available through the NHS could have a much wider impact than previously thought, with new Oxford University research linking the shingles jab to lower rates of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Researchers looked at the health records of around 70,000 people in […]
3 days ago
DIY smear tests to be offered to four million women in England
NHS attempts to make cervical screenings available for all DIY smear tests are being rolled out by the NHS to four million women in England who have rarely or never attended cervical screening, the Department of Health has confirmed. The self-sampling kits will be offered over the next year in an effort to reach an […]
4 days ago
Weekly diabetes jab could replace daily insulin for hundreds of thousands
Weekly said to work as well as daily jab A move from daily insulin injections to a single weekly one, cutting the jabs needed each year by 86%, could soon be possible for hundreds of thousands of people with type 2 diabetes in the UK. As the BBC reported, the new weekly diabetes jab has […]
1 week ago
Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ heat as amber warning returns, union warns
Heatwave leaves nurses struggling on wards The Royal College of Nursing has warned of nurses fainting during shifts in “inhumane and impossible” conditions caused by extreme heat, as another amber warning comes into force across large parts of England this morning with temperatures forecast to reach 36C or potentially higher. The RCN said members were […]
2 weeks ago
Social care reform: Burnham vows to fix ‘broken’ system
Burnham makes bold move Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called for urgent social care reform, using a major speech to invite the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats into cross-party talks aimed at fixing a system he says can no longer be treated as a political football. Speaking at a care home in Enfield, north London, Burnham […]
1 month ago
Free morning-after pill service used by hundreds of thousands
Free morning-after pill service used by hundreds of thousands Almost 305,000 free doses of the morning-after pill were handed out at high street pharmacies in England in just six months, new NHS figures reveal. The scheme, which launched in October, lets women get emergency contraception without booking a GP or sexual health clinic appointment, BBC […]
1 month ago