Tag Archive for: BBC News

Online GP access leaves patients lost, says report/in /by
Healthwatch Surrey says many people are left feeling helpless and lost with online services.
Improvement in cancer survival rates slowing down/in /by
The number of people beating the disease was rising five times faster in the 2000s.
Patient ‘reborn’ after priority lung transplant/in /by
Georgie Cooper says: "It was amazing to feel the air in my lungs after my transplant."
New treatment hope for blood cancer patients/in /by
A new injection can help the immune system to attack and destroy cancerous cells.
Flu cases hit new winter high in England/in /by
The NHS warns it is still "in the thick" of a challenging winter, as flu cases surge.
Women on gynae waiting lists ‘feel abandoned’/in /by
A review of gynae services in NI finds that more than 37,000 women are on hospital waiting lists.
Gene therapy treats painful hereditary disorder/in /by
A single dose of gene therapy was enough to stop the painful swelling attacks caused by angiodema.
BRCA tests to be offered to Jewish people to detect cancer risk/in /by
NHS England says it wants to test 30,000 Jewish people over the next two years for faulty BRCA genes.
Edenfield Centre: Vulnerable patients denied human rights – review/in /by
A report finds failings at Edenfield mental health unit after BBC Panorama exposed patient mistreatment.
What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work?/in /by
The second round of public hearings examined how ministers made decisions during the pandemic.