The government has unveiled a new pledge to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year. The plan, to be announced on Monday, will expand access to Community Diagnostic Centres and surgical hubs, alongside reforms designed to enhance patient … Read more
The £200m rescue package to increase access to NHS dentistry this year is not on track, a spending watchdog says. The dental recovery plan published by the Conservative government in February set a target of 1.5 million extra treatments in 2024-25. To achieve that, dentists were offered an increase in payments for seeing NHS patients … Read more
BBC Cassandra Wardle is one of hundreds of women part of the group action against Johnson & Johnson Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies over alleged links between talc and cancer. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, Cassandra Wardle is one of the … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) Chairman and former Minister Sujay Krishna Rangarao said that an action plan would be prepared very soon to improve the forest cover in the State. Mr. Rangarao, who was given the post recently, said that the corporation would put special efforts to improve the income sources for the tribals … Read more
Minister for Culture and Tourism Kandula Durgesh (centre), MP D. Purandeswari (right) East Godavari District Collector P. Prasanthi at a meeting on Godavari Pushkarams-2027 in Rajamahendravaram City on Tuesday (October 29). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Minister for Culture and Tourism Kandula Durgesh here on Tuesday announced that a draft action plan was prepared … Read more
New Delhi: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in cardiology has the potential to transform the way heart diseases are detected and treated. AI can enable earlier detection, allowing for proactive measures to be taken before the condition worsens. Moreover, AI can help personalise treatment plans, tailoring them to each patient’s specific needs and characteristics, … Read more
Getty Images The government has announced some details of its plan to increase the number of NHS hospital appointments and procedures in England by 40,000 per week. This includes £1.5bn investment in equipment and buildings for the NHS, including money for surgical hubs, new scanners and radiotherapy machines. Health experts have welcomed the new funding … Read more
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
An urgent review is needed to make sure people in England can get weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro on the NHS, top experts warn. It comes a day after the prime minister said such injections could boost Britain’s economy by getting obese unemployed people “back into work”. More than 200 doctors and … Read more
An urgent review is needed to make sure people in England can get weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro on the NHS, top experts warn. It comes a day after the prime minister said such injections could boost Britain’s economy by getting obese unemployed people “back into work”. More than 200 doctors and … Read more