Marie-Louise Connolly, Denise O’Connor and David Hunter BBC Spotlight BBC Shelley Browne was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis after Ruby’s birth A new mother who was detained in a psychiatric hospital for five weeks says she “felt like a prisoner” because she was separated from her baby. Shelley Browne, who had postpartum psychosis, was admitted under … Read more
Family handout/PA Media Maeve Boothby-O’Neill died at home in Exeter in October 2021 A coroner has highlighted the lack of specialist care for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) after the death of a 27-year-old woman. Deborah Archer has spoken out following the death of Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, who had suffered with ME for a decade before … Read more
For a midweek afternoon and evening shift, the agency charges trusts £91.45 per hour, 85% above what the nurse is paid, at £49.50 per hour. Our calculations indicate that for a single Friday shift the trust is charged almost £1,000, of which £539 goes to the nurse, and £400 goes to the agency. Source link
The BMA will ask some doctors if they want to strike over pay if no progress is made by 6 November. Source link
“People under 40 can certainly get Parkinson’s,” says ex-rugby player trying to cope with disease. Source link
New Delhi: To support its aim of expanding health and protection across all its geographies, notably through innovative services, AXA has added a free specialist teleconsultation feature to its telemedicine CSR initiative SAATH (Supportive Action Across Telemedicine and Healthcare). SAATH is a ‘One AXA’ public health initiative between AXA France Vie, AXA GO Business Operations, … Read more
Patients say they’ve been placed in unsafe environments, often far from home. Source link
It’s not the sort of day you include in your diary. Seemingly from nowhere, you wake up with thick, red, rough, scaly patches on both your elbows. A few minutes of online searching has you suspecting psoriasis. Now what? Can your primary care doctor treat this condition with a prescription? Or will you need to … Read more
Surgeons in England want specialist sites for non-urgent operations delayed because of the pandemic. Source link
Image copyright Getty Images People with “long Covid” symptoms will be offered specialist help at clinics across England, the head of NHS England has announced. Sir Simon Stevens said there were “tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands” of patients affected. People with relatively mild coronavirus infections as well as those who have been treated … Read more