BBC The new drugs consumption room in the Calton area of Glasgow is called The Thistle Welcome to the Thistle – the UK’s first and only drug consumption room. After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the centre is finally ready to open. On Monday it will welcome its first clients … Read more
Phil Tragen/The Christie/PA Media Bianca Perea said she is “so grateful” to the family who agreed to donate their loved one’s liver The first patient in the UK with advanced bowel cancer to receive a liver transplant after the disease spread to it has said she had been given “a second chance at life”. Bianca … Read more
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) on Saturday claimed that thousands of patients could receive the all-clear for suspected throat cancer faster as a result of a new iPhone device and app piloted at some of its hospitals. The innovative adapter providing a 32 mm lens and accompanying app can turn an iPhone into a … Read more
The UK’s first official consumption room for illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine will open in Glasgow on 21 October. The Safer Drugs Consumption Facility on Hunter Street in the city’s east end will accommodate up to 30 service users at a time. People will be able to consume illegal drugs under the supervision of … Read more
38 minutes ago By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, @nicktriggle • Jim Reed, Health reporter, BBC News PA The failures and weaknesses in the UK’s pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report published by the Covid inquiry. Baroness Hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime. Her report will … Read more
The price was not revealed to the BBC, but is available on application. When the site first opened it was suggested up to 1,500 jobs would be created, processing up to 300,000 tests a day, but this never happened. Temporary staff employed at the site were let go earlier this year, with the last day … Read more
It will involve users taking their own illegal drugs in a hygienic environment under supervision. Source link
Doctors reprogrammed eight-year-old Aditi’s immune system so she does not need daily anti-rejection drugs. Source link
A senior midwife leading the inquiry is expected to announce 1,700 families’ cases will be examined. Source link
Anna and Barbara Rozycki were in 1970 the first conjoined twins in the UK to be separated. Source link