Hepatitis C test: GPs to help NHS find more infected blood victims

Hepatitis C test: GPs to help NHS find more infected blood victims

GPs in England are to help the NHS find more undiagnosed patients affected by the contaminated blood scandal. It is thought thousands of people could have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s; part of a scandal which affected more than 30,000 people in the … Read more

Matt Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Matt Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears

Getty Images The government ignored an early warning by two Nobel prize-winning scientists that all healthcare workers should be routinely tested for coronavirus in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. The advice came in a strongly-worded letter sent in April 2020 by the chief executive of the Francis Crick Institute, Sir Paul Nurse, and … Read more

Metagenomics test saves woman’s sight after mystery infection

Metagenomics test saves woman’s sight after mystery infection

Fergus Walsh Medical editor BBC Dr Ellie Irwin’s sight has been saved after a test pinpointed the cause of her long-lasting eye inflammation A 29-year-old doctor from Bristol has had her eyesight saved after a “game-changing” test identified a mystery infection that had plagued her health for five years. Ellie Irwin suffered persistent inflammation in … Read more

Blood test firm blamed by GPs for ‘catalogue of disasters’

Blood test firm blamed by GPs for ‘catalogue of disasters’

Ashley John-Baptiste BBC News Investigations Getty Images Blood test results have been leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary hospital referrals, GPs have told the BBC An NHS provider that won a £2bn contract to deliver blood-testing services for hospitals and GPs is failing to deliver reliable results, according to medical professionals. Synnovis, a public-private partnership between … Read more

Saliva test may turn tide on prostate cancer claim scientists

Saliva test may turn tide on prostate cancer claim scientists

Institute of Cancer Research/PA Wire The at-home test would not require a visit to the GP, and appeared to perform better than current testing methods according to the study A saliva test may help “turn the tide” on prostate cancer, UK scientists claim. It analyses men’s DNA to work out who was born with the … Read more

Forcing virginity test violates women’s right to dignity: Chhattisgarh High Court

Forcing virginity test violates women’s right to dignity: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has said that a woman cannot be forced to undergo a virginity test which violates Article 21 of the Constitution that guarantees her fundamental right to protection of life and liberty, including the right to dignity. The high court said granting permission for a virginity test would be against the fundamental … Read more