NHS is to set up special units to help treat mothers who are plagued by the trauma of PTSD There will be 26 specialist mental health hubs to support mothers suffering PTSD First 10 hubs will be open within months while the rest will be open by April 2022 Experts said one in four women … Read more
Beyonce’s storage units ‘targeted by thieves who stole $1MILLION of designer handbags and dresses’ By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 10:05 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 10:05 GMT, 27 March 2021 Beyonce‘s storage unit has reportedly been targeted by thieves who stole $1million worth of valuables including designer handbags and dresses. The 39-year-old singer is … Read more
Pressure on NHS intensive care has started to ease for the first time since the second wave of coronavirus took off and Test and Trace data shows cases of the disease are down 41 per cent in a fortnight. All key metrics now indicate the darkest days of the winter crisis are behind us, as the … Read more
Hospitals cancel home births and shut down stand-alone maternity units, but still ban mothers-to-be from having their partners at their side on the wards Since the start of the pandemic, home births have provided a solution for women This is due to hospitals banning them having partner at their side during labour But now, with virus … Read more
What a dopey idea! Campaigners condemn alcohol-style ‘units’ system to guide cannabis users The scheme would resemble official alcohol unit guidelines Scientific studies show cannabis is up to 24 per cent more potent than in 1970s Bath researchers analysed data from more than 80,000 street dealer samples Charity Cannabis Skunk Sense warns there is no … Read more
Intensive care units at Liverpool’s biggest NHS trust are no busier than normal for this time of year, it emerged today. Councillor Paul Brant sparked fears yesterday after claiming the city’s critical-care units were already 95 per cent full and ‘filling up very fast’ amid a spike in Covid-19 cases. But Liverpool University Hospitals NHS … Read more
A rare glimpse inside the coronavirus frontline at NHS hospitals has revealed intensive care units at breaking point as wards fill up. Boris Johnson on Monday warned that the number of coronavirus cases in the UK has ‘quadrupled in the last three weeks’ with today’s daily case total standing at 13,972 – up 11 per cent on … Read more
Almost 40% of maternity units are hit by failings: Huge number of centres for mothers-to-be are failing to meet basic safety standards, health watchdog warns Nearly four in ten maternity services are failing to meet basic safety standards, a safety watchdog has warned 38 per cent of units were currently rated as ‘requiring improvement for … Read more
Ten per cent more of Britain’s sickest coronavirus patients are surviving than at the start of the pandemic. Analysis of NHS records shows that 44 per cent of intensive care admissions were dying of the virus when the pandemic first started to spiral out of control in March. The Intensive Care National Audit and Research … Read more
Healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients face a much higher risk than their colleagues, but a hospital’s ventilation system may protect them, two new studies reveal. More than 5.4 percent of physicians, residents, nurses and other clinicians from coronavirus units had positive test results as did 0.6 percent from non-coronavirus wings, researchers found in one report. … Read more