NHS could save your home if it played fair on dementia care funding

Thousands of dementia patients may needlessly be selling their homes after being wrongly denied NHS funding, legal experts claim. Solicitors who specialise in fighting for funding say not enough people know that the NHS will pay their care fees if they have severe medical needs. And of those who apply for NHS continuing healthcare (CHC) … Read more

Mother dies from cancer after turning down NHS treatment in favour of a VEGAN diet

A mother who chose to fight her cancer through a vegan diet instead of having chemotherapy has died. Katie Britton-Jordan, from Derbyshire, was diagnosed with stage 2a triple negative breast cancer in July 2016. She claimed chemotherapy, proven to save lives, was like ‘poisoning your body’ and opted to take an alternative approach. Mrs Britton-Jordan, … Read more

Prostate cancer breakthrough: New treatment to ‘seek and destroy’ tumours could avoid chemotherapy

Prostate cancer breakthrough: New treatment to ‘seek and destroy’ tumours could extend lives of thousands of patients Breakthrough PSMA radiotherapy treatment is now privately available in the UK  American Society of Clinical Oncology experts said treatment provides hope  Considered the most promising new treatment for prostate cancer in 15 years, it could benefit at least … Read more

‘Please don’t let us die’: Three cystic fibrosis sufferers beg the NHS to fund ‘wonder drug’

It’s been hailed as a wonder drug with the potential to extend the lives of thousands of people with cystic fibrosis.    But patients across the UK still can’t get their hands on Orkambi – despite it being a year since Theresa May promised to take action. The drug, which slows lung deterioration, received its European … Read more

One in four doctors come from countries that are ‘banned from working for the NHS’

One in four new NHS medics come from countries that are ‘banned’ from working for the health service, figures have revealed. The NHS’ Code of Practice lists 97 nations that ‘should not be actively recruited from’ because they receive aid or suffer from a shortages of medics. But an investigation has shown certain NHS trusts … Read more

Heartbroken parents of terminally-ill children launch legal action for life-saving drugs on the NHS

The heartbroken parents of two terminally-ill children have launched legal action to get a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS. Oliver, eight, and Amelia Carroll, six, suffer from fatal neuro-degenerative condition Batten disease. There is no cure for the condition, which is estimated to affect 30 to 50 children in the UK, meaning Oliver and … Read more

More than a MILLION people may have missed out on a meningitis vaccine due to an IT blunder

A 21-year-old man died after his GP failed to alert him he was eligible for a free meningitis vaccine due to a computer blunder.  Tim Mason began to fell unwell on March 15 last year but pushed on regardless. The following day, Mr Mason, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, woke in the early hours violently vomiting, prompting … Read more

Leading expert claims doctors should dish out LAVENDER OIL as first-line treatment for anxiety

Anxiety sufferers should be given lavender oil as a first line of treatment instead of addictive drugs, a psychiatrist has claimed. Professor Hans Peter-Volz said doctors are too quick to dish out benzodiazepines and other drugs to patients with anxiety. Instead, patients with a mild form of the disorder should be given natural remedies, including … Read more

Prostate cancer patients could be spared radiotherapy side effects thanks to protective hyrdogel

Thousands of prostate cancer patients could be spared side effects of radiotherapy thanks to gel which protects organs from radiation A new gel could spare prostate cancer patients from radiotherapy side effects NHS bosses have approved its funding and 1,000 men will recieve it in 2020 The gel is injected before radiotherapy and provides cushion … Read more

Scandal-hit NHS trust at centre of baby deaths review receives another warning

Scandal-hit NHS trust at centre of baby deaths review receives its FOURTH warning in eight months from CQC over the safety of its emergency services Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust warned over its lack of paediatric staff  Young emergency patients weren’t getting care in 15-minute national guideline Latest in string of scandals at beleaguered trust being … Read more