Patients must not delay visits to the NHS in the second wave of the pandemic, urge health officials

Oct 18, 2020

Dr Nikki Kanani, the Medical Director of Primary Care for NHS England and NHS Improvement, said staff had gone to “great lengths” to make sure the NHS could “safely care” for its patients. However, a number of experts are concerned the Government has not...

Playing white noise to sleeping babies may do more harm than good, study suggests

Oct 18, 2020

Playing babies white noise to help them sleep may do more harm than good, a study has suggested. Despite its popularity with new parents, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia reviewed existing scientific research on white...

No real evidence for 10pm curfew, claims expert in briefing for Manchester MPs

Oct 18, 2020

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham had reportedly told the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Sir Edward Lister at an earlier meeting that No 10 had failed to provide any evidence that closures would work. Mr Burnham subsequently accused the Government of treating the...

the patients left ill and dying as the NHS closed for Covid

Oct 18, 2020

In October 2019 I suffered a serious stroke, which left me paralysed on the left hand side of my body. It was a huge psychological blow, as I am such an active person, but I realised that one thing I could do was to help myself, and I was told physiotherapy would be...

Starting a hat-making business helped me cope with my terminal cancer diagnosis

Oct 18, 2020

To my surprise, the terminal diagnosis gave me the impetus to make the idea real. I was working in a job I loved, managing a store for a luxury leather and lifestyle brand, but my employers were supportive, helping me come up with branding ideas. A pair of bamboo...