Calls for doctors to share mental health concerns with families
Jessica Glasser’s parents say families should be told if their child is struggling with their mental health. Source link
Concerns
Leeds maternity services now ‘inadequate’ after inspectors act on parents’ concerns
Getty Images Divya Talwar & Sarah Bell BBC News Maternity services at two Leeds hospitals have been downgraded from “good” to “inadequate” by the healthcare regulator, because their failings posed “a significant risk” to women and babies. Concerns from staff and patients around quality of care and staffing levels were substantiated by the Care Quality … Read more
Abortion arrest: Leaked recording reveals police had serious concerns
Anna Meisel BBC File on 4 Investigates Jim Holden / BBC Nicola Packer was recently found not guilty of illegally taking a substance with the intent to miscarry A secret recording, leaked to the BBC, reveals a senior police officer had serious concerns over the controversial arrest of a woman who took abortion pills when … Read more
India conveys concerns in ‘strongest terms’ to Canada after pro-Khalistan rally in Toronto
India on Monday (May 5, 2025) conveyed its concerns in the “strongest terms” to the Canadian High Commission after a rally in Toronto depicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top Ministers of the Government of India in an objectionable manner. This was the first such communication from the Indian side since the new Prime Minister Mark … Read more
Assisted dying: Government concerns over timeline
The government has expressed concerns about the timeline for implementing assisted dying, the BBC understands, before measures were tabled to delay when it could be available. Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP bringing the bill, said she was “disappointed” to be proposing deferring when it must be in force by until 2029. Some MPs expressed concern … Read more
Care of 800 Addenbrooke’s patients reviewed amid surgeon concerns
Katy Prickett BBC News, Cambridgeshire Jozef Hall/BBC Staff at Addenbrooke’s Hospital raised concerns about care provided by their colleague The care received by 800 patients at a world-renowned NHS hospital is to be reviewed by expert clinicians after a specialist surgeon was suspended. Last month, it was reported the orthopaedic surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, … Read more
Prostate cancer: Rapid at-home PSA tests spark concerns
BBC At-home tests for men worried about prostate cancer can give inconsistent and inaccurate results, BBC News has found. The tests, which resemble a Covid lateral flow strip, turn positive if a high level of a protein called PSA is detected in a drop of blood. Of five rapid tests analysed by the BBC, one … Read more
Chemists’ body raises concerns over platforms’ tie-up to deliver medicines – ET HealthWorld
Panaji: The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) raised objections to the proposed collaboration between Swiggy Instamart and PharmEasy for ten-minute medicine deliveries via dark stores, citing potential legal standards violations and public health risks. AIOCD’s Goa president J S Shinde said that this partnership could likely ignore essential standards like proper prescription … Read more
Kallai river revival to begin amid concerns over sea waste disposal plan
A platform formed on the Kallai river due to sand accumulation. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The long-awaited project to revive the Kallai river in Kozhikode, set to be inaugurated by Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine on Tuesday, has been a persistent demand of local fishermen and environmentalists. Many of the city’s issues have been … Read more
Harrods: GMC refused to investigate doctors after concerns raised
The independent doctors’ regulator refused to investigate alleged medical malpractice at Harrods in 2017 because too much time had passed and it wasn’t “in the greater public interest”. A woman who underwent an intimate medical examination in 2008 while applying for a job at Harrods complained to the General Medical Council (GMC) nine years later … Read more