Could beards be BANNED in the NHS? Hospital tells staff to shave or stick to a pencil-type moustache

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Goldsmith who made jewels for the royal family wins £125,000 after NHS surgery

Goldsmith who made jewels for the royal family wins £125,000 after NHS surgery left him suffering from the ‘worst pain known to man’ and without use of his right arm Tony Bellingham was taken to hospital in 2017 after a suspected heart attack 62-year-old had a catheter put into his right arm which ruptured his radial … Read more

NHS ‘failing to test for rare diseases at birth’, experts warn 

Thousands of UK babies are at risk of disability or death because they are not being screened for rare diseases, experts said yesterday. Britain has fallen behind countries such as Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in testing for severe conditions at birth. MPs warned this could mean British babies becoming the ‘sick children of Europe’ and … Read more

Neighbour tells trial of consultant accused of murder how she found ‘grey’ infant

The mobile phone belonging to Clare Sanders (pictured above) had been used to search ‘Shaken baby syndrome NHS’, ‘Shaking babies’ and ‘baby is shaking’ on 27 August – six days before Eva’s death, the Old Bailey has heard A neighbour of a finance consultant accused of murdering her baby told a court how she found the … Read more

Boy, nine, wins £17million NHS payout after he was left brain damaged

Boy, nine, wins £17million NHS payout after he was left brain damaged and needing 24 hour care because medics failed to provide him with enough nutrition when he was born A boy, 9, was left brain damaged after medics failed to provide proper nutrition  East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has admitted liability for his … Read more

NHS would sacrifice most vulnerable patients’ critical care during coronavirus surge, medics admit

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Coronavirus suspect was wrongly told to go to hospital where he sat in a packed waiting room

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

City worker ‘looked up shaken baby syndrome just days before her child was found dead’

A £90,000-a-year City worker used her phone to search for ‘shaken baby syndrome’ just days before murdering her four-week-old baby, a court has heard today. Clare Sanders, 43, and her Lithuanian lover Tomas Vaitkevicius, 45, allegedly shook tiny Eva on three separate occasions at their south London flat in August 2017. Sanders’ mobile phone had … Read more

Hundreds of lymphoma patients are set to benefit from the first chemotherapy-free treatment

Hundreds of lymphoma patients are set to benefit from the first chemotherapy-free treatment for the cancer thanks to a cutting edge drug Drugs watchdog NICE approved lenalidomide, which will benefit 900 patients Lenalidomide fights follicular lymphoma by halting the growth of tumours Will be used alongside drug rituximab, which helps immune system kill cancers By Ben Spencer … Read more

Health chiefs order public handwashing campaign amid fears UK cases are set to surge 

Patients with suspected coronavirus will be tested in their own homes in a bid to contain the outbreak. They will be ordered to stay indoors and wait for a paramedic or nurse rather than risk infecting dozens of people at hospital or on their way there. In a further sign that the NHS is preparing … Read more