Sep 23, 2020
Having spent the last few days locked in meetings with senior ministers and the Government’s top scientists, he is all too familiar with the hawk to dove ratio of the Covid sub-committees taking all the major decisions on No 10’s pandemic response. Mr Johnson chairs the Covid-19 strategy committee, whose members include Rishi Sunak, the […]
Jul 21, 2020
An “emotional eater” since childhood, Claire Parker was 44 when she had a gastric bypass, where a small part of the top of the stomach is stapled in order to restrict food intake. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends that anyone with a body...
Jul 12, 2020
Supplies of life-saving ventilators for seriously ill children have been depleted during the coronavirus crisis, a leading charity has warned. WellChild, the national charity for sick children, said that around 3,000 families are facing shortages of equipment such as...
Jul 11, 2020
Those at greater risk of rapid weight gain now need to be allowed to burn off energy with friends in playgrounds, the British Obesity Society (BOS) say. “There has been an absolute disregard for children’s health,” Paul Evans, vice-chairman of the BOS, told The...
Jul 9, 2020
Health policy think tanks are warning that, with hospitals set to remain hampered by the need to observe strict infection control and an expected increase in new patients, there is no realistic prospect of clearing the bottlenecks. The long-term support demanded by...
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