Month: November 2017

The government found £350m to fund NHS services through winter in the Budget, but 11 times that amount for Brexit, Emily Thornberry told MPs. Standing in for Theresa May at PMQs, Damian Green said the shadow foreign secretary was determined to talk down the NHS and her party thought it was not worth preparing for Read More

In Malawi, a ring inserted in the vagina is helping women defend themselves against the spread of HIV – even when their partner refuses to wear a condom. A film by Charlotte Pritchard for BBC World Hacks. Like, Share, Engage.

The mother of a young boy with autism has put a sign up outside her house asking neighbours not to phone the police if they hear her son having a ‘meltdown’. Nine-year-old Ryan, from Reading, can get very angry before throwing things and swearing loudly. In one case his meltdown was so bad, a member Read More

People undergoing detox for alcohol or drug addiction are being put at risk by residential clinics in England – as a lot of the care provided is not safe or good quality, the regulator has found. The Care Quality Commission based its findings on inspections of the 68 independent services over two years. Nearly three-quarters Read More

Two major hospitals in Leicester and London told to stop providing complex heart surgery are now being allowed to continue, NHS England has announced. But patients in Manchester will now have to travel to Liverpool. The decision comes after a lengthy process to reorganise congenital heart services in England after new standards of care were Read More

Media captionThyroid drug T3: ‘It was like a light was switched on’ The thyroid drug liothyronine will remain available on the NHS in England, after health bosses reconsidered a proposal to restrict access. Liothyronine (T3) is taken by patients with an underactive thyroid, although most take a cheaper drug called T4. But the NHS England Read More

Care homes have been applying unfair charges and over-the-top fees for self-funders, an official review shows. The Competition and Market Authority found some homes had applied large upfront costs and charged families for weeks after their relatives had died. The watchdog also highlighted how those paying for themselves were charged much more than council-funded residents. Read More