Tributes have poured in for a beloved teenager who tragically passed away just one day after being diagnosed with leukaemia, after he was dismissed as just having ‘growing pains’. Harley Andrews, 16, met with his GP only weeks ago, saying he felt under the weather. But he and his mum, Gemma, were dismissed and told it was probablyContinue reading “Growing Pains: Teenager Dies After Leukaemia Diagnosis”
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SHAMEFUL!
An 83-year-old grandfather was forced to lie on his family’s camp bed in A&E as he endured a ‘shameful’ 12-hour wait for help. George Morris, from Torrance near Glasgow, started shivering and shaking as his health deteriorated during the arduous wait to be seen by ‘frazzled’ doctors. The pensioner had been sent to hospital for bloodContinue reading “SHAMEFUL!”
A Private School Boy Is Turned Away By The NHS
An outraged mother has accused the NHS of ‘shocking discrimination’ after her eight-year-old son was denied vital treatment – just because he goes to private school. Tory MPs described the move as ‘morally indefensible’ and a manifestation of Labour’s ‘vile class war’, while the parent attacked the unjust ‘two-tier’ decision as a blatant breach of the health serviceContinue reading “A Private School Boy Is Turned Away By The NHS”
NHS Plan To Open ‘Calm And Welcoming’ Mental Health A&Es Across England
The NHS is planning to open a network of ‘calm and welcoming’ mental health A&Es across England to treat patients who are in crisis. The specialist units will be offered around-the-clock care to ease pressure on already overcrowded hospitals and emergency services. About 250,000 people went to A&E last year due to a mental health crisis – withContinue reading “NHS Plan To Open ‘Calm And Welcoming’ Mental Health A&Es Across England”
The NHS Refused To Cover Weight Loss Injections
A man reduced to “crying on his knees” after being refused NHS access to weight loss injections has lost nine stone and saved thousands by going private. Grandfather of two, Mark Spurr, 53, has dropped from 30 stone to 21 stone and shaved eight inches off his waist after starting weekly Mounjaro injections eight months ago. TheContinue reading “The NHS Refused To Cover Weight Loss Injections”
My Wife Died In My Arms After Her GP Ignored Her Terminal Cancer In An Over-The-Phone Appointment
A mother-of-three was misdiagnosed in an over-the-phone GP appointment, four months before dying of cancer. Her grieving husband, who saw his wife die in his arms, is now demanding that phone consultations with a general practitioner be discontinued. Laura Barlow, 33, was recently wed to her husband Michael when she started to feel unwell, experiencing abdominalContinue reading “My Wife Died In My Arms After Her GP Ignored Her Terminal Cancer In An Over-The-Phone Appointment”
Stage 4 Colon Cancer Missed By Doctors
A mum-of-three who claimed her GP mistook signs of bowel cancer for a urinary infection three times has urged others to be mindful of the tell-tale signs of the disease. Last August, Zoe Gardner-Lawson, a resident of Bracknell, Berkshire, first called her family physician after experiencing a sudden, dull, and persistent discomfort in her lower back. However,Continue reading “Stage 4 Colon Cancer Missed By Doctors”
A Father’s Letter Begging The Surgeon To Cancel Surgery
A distraught father begged in vain for a leading plastic surgeon not to remove his 20-year-old daughter’s breasts in a transgender operation, telling him in an excoriating letter that he was about to destroy her life. The father told consultant Mohsen El Gammal that his daughter suffered from depression and, as a way through ongoing mental health problems,Continue reading “A Father’s Letter Begging The Surgeon To Cancel Surgery”
Save Our Pharmacies To Help Save The NHS
The announcement of an unprecedented expansion in healthcare services provided by high street pharmacies conveys the kind of fresh, revolutionary thinking the NHS needs to ensure its long-term survival. For the first time, local chemists will be permitted to write prescriptions for seven common conditions, including earache, sore throats and urinary tract infections, without referenceContinue reading “Save Our Pharmacies To Help Save The NHS”
More Than Two-Thirds Of Hospitals Still Use Outdated COVID Restrictions To Prevent Patients From Seeing Their Family Members
It’s been revealed that hospital patients are being denied cherished visits from their loved ones by NHS institutions using obsolete COVID restrictions. Data reveals 70 per cent of trusts are still implementing rules dating back to the COVID lockdowns, despite NHS hospitals being told to open up last March. A newspaper outlet reported that mostContinue reading “More Than Two-Thirds Of Hospitals Still Use Outdated COVID Restrictions To Prevent Patients From Seeing Their Family Members”
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