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Healthcare assistants 'doing nurses' tasks'
Patients are being put at risk by healthcare assistants who have been asked to take on tasks for which they have not been properly trained, nurses have warned.
11 Jan 2012
| CommentsOne million 'needlessly in pain'
A million people in Britain are needlessly suffering from long-term pain without getting access to drugs, pharmacists warn today.
11 Jan 2012
| CommentsBreast implant scandal: free replacement in Wales
Cosmetic surgery clinics fail to offer free replacement of faulty breast implants to majority of women who have them.
11 Jan 2012
| CommentsHospitals feed patients on 90p a meal, official figures show
Some hospital trusts commit just £2.57 for each patient’s daily food and drink, according to the latest statistics, despite growing concern about poor nutrition on wards.
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsNice- approved drugs must be made available, pledges Andrew Lansley
Health authorities will be forced to provide patients with drugs officially approved for prescription on the NHS, Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, has told MPs.
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsBoy, 7, has cancer operation in Germany because of NHS bed shortage
A mother has flown her seven-year-old son to Germany for life-saving cancer treatment after two NHS hospitals delayed surgery because of a lack of beds.
10 Jan 2012
| Comments40pc of Indian under fives are underweight
Manmohan Singh calls malnutrition "a national shame".
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsDNA sequence available for £700
An American company is offering clients the chance to have their entire genetic sequence of DNA read for $1,000 (£646).
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsTesco pledges to raise £10m to fight cancer
Tesco has pledged to raise £10 million over the next year to help find new ways of detecting and diagnosing cancer earlier.
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsPatients should see medical records by 2015: report
All NHS patients should be able to see their GP medical records by 2015, an influential advisory body has said.
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsDoctors should use 'every opportunity' to talk to patients about obesity and smoking: report
Doctors and nurses must take every opportunity to talk to patients about issues such as smoking and obesity, according to a new report.
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsNurses 'lacking ability and compassion', warns NHS Future Forum
Nurses in today’s NHS too often lack ability, compassion or even the simple desire to work in the profession, a damning new report warns today.
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsNHS manager targeted for his colour wins £1m
A senior NHS manager who suffered a sustained campaign of racial discrimination from hospital colleagues has been awarded nearly £10 million in compensation.
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsAn aspirin a day risks more harm than good
Aspirin has previously been hailed as a "wonder drug" and a "just in case" self-medicated measure for millions of patients.
10 Jan 2012
| CommentsBach eases pain during surgery
Listening to Bach on headphones eases the pain of patients during surgery, research has find.
10 Jan 2012
Nurses 'are losing their sense of compassion’
New report claims NHS nurses often lack basic skills, have poor grasp of maths and do not understand values of health service.
09 Jan 2012
| CommentsStick with it
Telegraph View: Nicotine replacement therapy succeeds no more than willpower when smokers try to quit cigarettes.
09 Jan 2012
| CommentsYou really can die of a broken heart say scientists
You really can die of a broken heart - as a study shows that people mourning a close relative are 21 times more likely to suffer a heart attack themselves.
09 Jan 2012
Nicotine patches 'do not help'
Nicotine patches may not help smokers to stub out the habit, according to a new study.
09 Jan 2012
Sabbath guitarist fighting cancer
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is to undergo treatment for cancer after being diagnosed with lymphoma.
09 Jan 2012
Man stops breathing in sleep (apnoea)
Watch a man being monitored while suffereing from apnoea (stopping breathing) while asleep.
09 Jan 2012
| CommentsBabies understand mother's tone of voice not their words
Babies understand what their mothers are saying even though they do not know the language she is speaking, according to new research by British scientists.
09 Jan 2012
Two dry days a week 'sign of not having drink problem'
Sir Ian Gilmore, chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said having two "dry" days a week was "a very good indicator" of not being addicted to alcohol.
09 Jan 2012
| CommentsHospital blamed for death of girl with tooth infection
A hospital has been guilty of failing a nine year-old girl who died after being admitted for treatment for a tooth infection.
09 Jan 2012
Health boss says patients should sue health trust for best drugs
Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, The head of the government’s medicines advisory board, said patients should sue their health trust if they are not getting the best recommended drugs.
09 Jan 2012
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