Mental health waiting lists: Amy has complex PTSD but has seen a psychiatrist once in 10 years

Mental health waiting lists: Amy has complex PTSD but has seen a psychiatrist once in 10 years

Amy Amy has had multiple emergency ambulance callouts this year As a child, Amy was often violently attacked. At 15, she was threatened with a knife. Now diagnosed with complex PTSD, she’s spent over a decade isolated at home with her mum, desperately seeking help. She has seen a psychiatrist only once. “I was self … Read more

NHS England told to keep patients in Powys waiting for operations

NHS England told to keep patients in Powys waiting for operations

Emilia Belli Westminster correspondent, BBC Wales News Mel Wallace Mel Wallace was a keen motorbike rider but now, as she waits for a hip replacement, she struggles to put her own socks on NHS patients from Wales who need knee and hip operations in England face lengthy delays after a health board asked English hospitals … Read more

How is your NHS hospital doing on waiting times?

How is your NHS hospital doing on waiting times?

Daniel Wainwright Data journalist, BBC Verify Getty Images Doctors and patient groups warn that the NHS in England is facing an uphill struggle on the government’s number one NHS priority – improving hospital waiting times. They are concerned about the lack of progress towards hitting the 18-week waiting time target, one of Labour’s key election … Read more

How is your NHS hospital doing on waiting times?

How is your NHS hospital doing on waiting times?

Daniel Wainwright Data journalist, BBC Verify Getty Images Doctors and patient groups warn that the NHS in England is facing an uphill struggle on the government’s number one NHS priority – improving hospital waiting times. They are concerned about the lack of progress towards hitting the 18-week waiting time target, one of Labour’s key election … Read more

‘Neuralink babies’? Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang says he is waiting for Elon Musk’s brain chips before having kids – ET HealthWorld

‘Neuralink babies’? Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang says he is waiting for Elon Musk’s brain chips before having kids – ET HealthWorld

In a statement that straddles science fiction and near-future reality, Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang has revealed he’s putting off parenthood—for now. But not because of career demands or personal timing. His reason? He’s waiting for Elon Musk’s Neuralink to become mainstream. Yes, Wang wants his future children to be among the first humans enhanced … Read more

‘I have to shower at the gym’ – disabled people waiting for simple home changes

‘I have to shower at the gym’ – disabled people waiting for simple home changes

Adam Eley & Anna Collinson BBC News Investigations BBC Sam says she has walked to her gym 150 times in four years just to shower On a cold and wet evening, Sam Lewis walks to her local gym for a shower. It is a painful and slow journey, using a walking stick. The 34-year-old’s rheumatoid … Read more

Mesh victims still waiting for government compensation a year on

Mesh victims still waiting for government compensation a year on

Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News BBC More than 100,000 women are believed to have had mesh implants fitted between 2007 and 2015 Women harmed by pelvic mesh implants are still waiting for government compensation a year after a major report called for urgent action. Patient safety commissioner Dr Henrietta Hughes, who made that … Read more

‘Patients are collapsing in the waiting room’: A&E nurses speak out

‘Patients are collapsing in the waiting room’: A&E nurses speak out

The NHS is experiencing intense winter pressure, with critical incidents declared at a dozen hospitals across the UK by Wednesday. Ahead of a special day of coverage, the BBC has spoken to nurses dealing with demand in A&Es. “Patients are collapsing in the waiting room. It’s just hectic,” Lorraine, a nurse in Birmingham, told BBC … Read more