Boris Johnson ‘will spend billions of pounds improving road and rail links to Scotland to save the Union’ and see off threat of independence referendum as Nicola Sturgeon’s hopes of winning a majority are on a knife edge Boris Johnson plans to spend billions of pounds on infrastructure to save Union PM expected to implement … Read more
Child obesity cases treated in hospital have more than doubled in two years, figures show Number of babies and toddlers treated in hospital for obesity more than doubled in two years Obesity contributory factor in 1,087 patients aged four and under last year The figure has more than tripled from 336 in 2013/14 to 1,087 … Read more
NHS podiatrist is struck off after charging patient £15 to cut their toenails Podiatrist Ceri Eccles was struck off for dishonesty after charging a patient She worked for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust When challenged, she falsely claimed her patient had been ‘very confused’ A remote disciplinary panel found ‘no assurance’ she … Read more
NHS podiatrist is struck off after charging patient £15 to cut their toenails Podiatrist Ceri Eccles was struck off for dishonesty after charging a patient She worked for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust When challenged, she falsely claimed her patient had been ‘very confused’ A remote disciplinary panel found ‘no assurance’ she … Read more
NHS executive who was fired after complaining her colleagues ‘kept breathing on her’ and ‘making distracting noises’ wins £19,000 payout for unfair dismissal Gifty Poku has won £19,551 in compensation after she was unfairly dismissed She complained her colleagues kept making ‘distracting noises’ near her desk Mrs Poku was accused of ‘regularly’ blowing air back at … Read more
No10 launches official probe into leak of Boris Johnson’s private texts to Sir James Dyson amid Tory fears of a civil service mole Leak probe launched into how PM’s private messages came to be made public Billionaire inventor Sir James Dyson offered to help with ventilators at no profit Asked for tax status of staff … Read more
The catastrophic effect of lockdown on children has been laid bare by figures showing a surge in hospital admissions for eating disorders. They reveal admissions in the last nine months were a third higher compared to the previous year. In one month they were up by 80 per cent. Girls aged 15 and 16 were the … Read more
Matt Hancock faces fresh ‘cronyism’ row after it emerges he and his sister own shares in firm that won NHS contracts Matt Hancock declared getting 15 per cent of shares in shredding firm Topwood The company has been awarded a contract worth £300,000 by NHS Wales Mr Hancock did not declare publicly his sister also … Read more
Pandemic drinking puts more than 100 people in hospital with worst affected patients in their early 60s or early 70s NHS had 750,000 alcohol-related admissions between last April and December Figures show there were almost 20,000 admissions among those aged 90-plus Drinkers in their 20s and 30s accounted for a relatively small number of cases By … Read more
How 12 times more people are dying from cancer than Covid – as experts warn treatment backlog will become ‘collateral damage’ of the pandemic Figures show 36 people on average died each day from covid in the last week By comparison, cancer is claiming 450 live every day or about 166,000 annually Experts say NHS … Read more