Getty Images Now the clocks have gone back and the evenings are darker, many of us are trudging to work and back in the dark and sometimes our mood is lower as well. We can feel more tired than normal, lack energy or find it difficult to concentrate. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), or “winter depression”…
Alison HoltSocial affairs editor, The Old Bailey Family handout Alice Figueiredo’s family hoped lessons would be learned following the 22-year-old’s death James MelleyThe Old Bailey A hospital trust has been fined more than £500,000 and a ward manager given a six-month suspended sentence over the death of a 22-year-old woman on a mental health unit….
Guy LynnBBC Investigations, London BBC Cornelius Agoye has apologised, saying he intended no harm A pharmacist filmed selling Botox without seeing patients has been suspended from practice for 18 months after a BBC undercover investigation exposed a dangerous black market in injectable cosmetic drugs. Cornelius Agoye, who ran Pharma Aesthetics London in Rainham, east London,…
Chloe Hayward, Nick Triggle & Daniel WainwrightBBC News BBC Just three trusts out of 121 in England are treating cancer patients quickly enough Almost every hospital trust in England is failing to meet the key NHS waiting time target for cancer care, BBC analysis shows. Just three trusts out of 121 in England are treating…
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images GP Dr David Turner no longer sees patients on a Wednesday morning. Instead, he spends that time sifting through the online appointment requests to work out what each patient needs. Last week there were 84 requests, and the week before it was more than 100. “It’s relentless – you get…
Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter Alamy It’s the body’s superhighway that carries information from your brain to your major organs. You might not have a clue it exists – let alone that you might need to train it. But a quick scroll through my social media and there’s a whole array of tips on the…
James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Listen to James read this article Flu strikes every winter, but this year something seems to be different. A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer. It appears to evade some of our immunity, has kick-started a flu season more than a month early, and is a…
The nursing watchdog “should’ve acted faster” when responding to concerns about baby killer Lucy Letby, its new boss has said. Paul Rees, appointed head of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in July, told The Independent that neonatal nurse Letby should have been suspended after she was first arrested in July 2018. Letby remained free…
Alison Holt,social affairs editor and James Melley,senior producer Family handout Alice Figueiredo’s family hoped lessons would be learned following their 22-year-old daughter’s death Warning: This article contains upsetting details and references to serious self-harm and death Just four months after a young woman died in a London mental health unit, another patient tried to harm…
Kate Dyson Kate Dyson started the campaign group Surge Menopause after her experiences with surgical menopause A woman from East Sussex who was plunged into sudden menopause after surgery to remove both ovaries is spearheading efforts to change NHS policy in this area. Kate Dyson, 44, from Hastings, underwent the surgery six months ago after…
