Drag Race UK’s Kyran Thrax’s top tips for wellbeing
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Alarms, overdoses and saving lives: 48 hours in UK’s first drug injection room
Alarms sound as staff deal with medical emergencies in The Thistle’s using space Chris Clements BBC Disclosure The alarm is sounding in the UK’s first drug consumption room. A man in his 30s has overdosed in the “using space” – a room in the Glasgow facility where nurses supervise injections in eight booths. He had … Read more
Assisted dying debate: The UK’s real problem with palliative care
BBC The UK was once ranked the best country in the world for end-of-life care – but that’s not the case any longer. And according to experts, the problem runs far deeper than money The people closest to Terry Leader remember him as a man who was always laughing. He emigrated to the UK from … Read more
Inside the UK’s first legal drug consumption room in Glasgow
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
UK’s first liver transplant for bowel cancer deemed a success
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
UK’s health service pilots iPhone device to detect throat cancer – ET HealthWorld
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
UK’s first drugs consumption room to open in October
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
Covid inquiry: First report to show UK’s planning failures
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
UK’s first Covid mega lab up for sale
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
UK’s first consumption room for illegal drugs given go-ahead
It will involve users taking their own illegal drugs in a hygienic environment under supervision. Source link