Month: March 2016

Commissioning adult social care services through personal budgets and direct payments is an important way of giving care users more choice and control over their services. When implemented well they improve users

Thirteen peak health and medical bodies [in Australia and New Zealand] identify medical procedures and treatments that may not be beneficial. Medical procedures including automatically prescribing antibiotics for children with middle ear infections offer little […]

‘Five years of Tory neglect has left many hospitals with ageing equipment and a growing bill for urgent maintenance,’ says shadow health secretary. The NHS repairs budget has been slashed by

Doctify co-founder and NHS surgeon Dr Stephanie Eltz explains that “90% of the time, people check online reviews about doctors when making a decision on which medical specialist to visit.” “People are now commonly armed […]

Ambulance services should be properly funded and properly staffed to meet the needs of the population says GMB GMB, the union for ambulance staff, commented on the news that Paul Sutton, CEO of the South […]

From superbug to… bug. Newly discovered chemical compounds can make MRSA bacteria vulnerable to the antibiotics they normally resist, restoring the old drug’s former powers. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureaus, commonly known as MRSA, is a major […]

Young men who have sex with men and have detectable levels of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were more likely to report condomless anal sex, including with a partner not infected with HIV, than virologically […]

Scientists investigating miscarriage will not be able to implant embryos or study them for more than two weeks, says HFEA. Britain’s first genetically modified human embryos could be created within months, after scientists were granted […]