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Cancer family ‘financially broken’ by wait for benefits
Kerry Bolton Oliver Hercombe’s family said they had been “financially broken” by the additional living costs since his cancer diagnosis Families of children and young people with cancer are struggling financially for several months waiting for benefits to help cover extra costs caused by the illness, according to a charity. Young Lives vs Cancer says … Read more
WazirX accused of running “persistent disinformation campaign” by Liminal while users wait for court updates
WazirX last week announced the disclosure of over 240,000 wallet addresses with balances, which were held under it [File] | Photo Credit: AP Indian crypto exchange WazirX has been accused of running a “persistent disinformation campaign” by Liminal, the third-party custody solutions provider, as the exchange pushes ahead with restructuring through the Singapore legal system … Read more
Plan to hit 18-week NHS wait target ‘set to fail’
Getty Images The government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say. Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target. But NHS Confederation research found that would … Read more
Nigeria gets 10,000 mpox jabs as other African nations wait for vaccines
Nigeria has received 10,000 doses of a vaccine to combat mpox, making it the first African country to receive a batch amid the current outbreak of disease that used to be called monkeypox. The country began the process to secure the vaccines well before it was declared a global health emergency by the World Health … Read more
Exclusive: When PM Modi asked BJP not to wait for announcement of candidates
In the biggest interview of the election season on India Today TV, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the mantra he shared with BJP leaders to prepare for the Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi said that he had asked the party leadership and workers to begin work for the Lok Sabha elections a year ago … Read more
Long A&E wait times lead to more than 250 needless deaths a week – analysis
Sir David Spiegelhalter, emeritus professor of statistics in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It sort of seems intuitive that if you wait a long time in a corridor or somewhere else waiting to be admitted, an average of six hours now, that that’s going to harm … Read more
NHS dentistry: Ex-miner 'thrilled' to get appointment after seven-month wait
David Creamer says he has been “living on painkillers and soup” since his teeth fell out in June. Source link
Swansea Bay waiting list error left people with five-year op wait
People were mistakenly taken off waiting lists for operations such as knee and hip surgeries. Source link
Norfolk woman faces 60-week wait for a wheelchair
Alison Norman is scared she may lose her strength and independence. Source link