Year: 2023
Hospital of horrors: 1,643 ‘sexual safety incidents’ in a single 59-bed children’s unit
Investigation: Shocking figures reveal thousands of sexual incidents in the country’s 209 children’s mental health units since 2019. But just one – Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead – was responsible for more than half of these reports to the health service. So why were vulnerable patients still sent there by the NHS? Health correspondent Rebecca Thomas […]
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UK to be worst-performing economy in G7 this year, IMF warns
Emerging and developing nations are ‘already powering ahead’
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Covid no longer: Leading cause of death in England and Wales revealed
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease was the leading cause of death in 2022
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Modified Botox hope for long-term pain relief for patients with nerve injury
The effects of the treatment can last for up to five months without causing paralysis or adverse side effects.
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NHS strikes: What is a junior doctor’s salary and what is the government offering?
The British Medical Association is calling for junior doctors’ real-terms pay to be restored to 2009 levels
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Real cost of junior doctors’ strike revealed in leaked NHS documents
Hospitals to have as few as half the number of senior doctors available as during previous strike action, with cancer services and critical care among the casualties
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Hay fever may be mistaken for Covid, warns expert
Hay fever is an allergic reaction to pollen
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Scientists turn to honey in their urgent search for alternative antibiotics
Over one million people died globally from antibiotic-resistant infections in 2019
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Widow of BBC presenter who died after Covid jab says ‘no alternative’ but to sue AstraZeneca
BBC Radio Newcastle’s Lisa Shaw had her first jab in May 2021 and died just a week later
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Mum’s warning to parents after tiny mark on newborn turns out to be sign of deadly infection
Australian parenting group gives tips on how to check if blemishes are serious medical conditions
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