A teenager who struggled to see an NHS dentist when he was in agony fears he has been scarred for life. Jay Connaughton, 17, from Plymouth, Devon, developed an abscess in his mouth and attempted to locate a dentist but struggled so left it for two months, but when his face began to swell andContinue reading “After Being Unable To See An NHS Dentist For 2 Months, Teen Is Scarred For Life”
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Thousands Of Patients Will Spend Christmas In Hospitals Due To Junior Doctors’ Strike
Thousands of patients face being stuck in hospital over Christmas as junior doctors embark on the most disruptive walkout in NHS history. Junior medics will begin a three-day walkout from 7 am today and will return on Saturday before embarking on a mammoth six-day stoppage from January 3. Health leaders said the action, which hasContinue reading “Thousands Of Patients Will Spend Christmas In Hospitals Due To Junior Doctors’ Strike”
His Wife, 81, Made Him Pancakes, And He Didn’t Want To Eat Them, So He Stabbed Her To Death
An 85-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife to death because he didn’t want to eat the pancakes she made for him. Steven Schwartz is now facing murder charges for the death of his wife, Sharron Schwartz, 81, as announced by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Their statementContinue reading “His Wife, 81, Made Him Pancakes, And He Didn’t Want To Eat Them, So He Stabbed Her To Death”
Dropping Like Flies
British children are on IV drips in Turkish hospitals after falling ill at a five-star TUI resort, with one little girl’s worried mother saying she’s suffered seizures and guests said to be dropping like flies. The Rixos Sungate Resort saw a spate of food poisonings over the Easter holidays, and now TUI is investigating asContinue reading “Dropping Like Flies”
On Christmas Day, Drug Addict Parents Killed Their Ten-Month-Old Son Finley Boden
A mother and father were found guilty of the murder of their baby son, who they killed on Christmas Day in lockdown just days after social services put him back into their care. Stephen Boden, 30, and Shannon Marsden, 22, murdered 10-month-old Finley Boden in 2020 after he suffered 71 bruises, 57 fractures and crushedContinue reading “On Christmas Day, Drug Addict Parents Killed Their Ten-Month-Old Son Finley Boden”
There Is No End To This Nightmare
The family of a woman left with a severe brain injury after being driven down by a New York City driver said insurance companies are refusing to pay for treatment because she won’t recover from her near vegetative state. Mimi Silver Liebenberg, 37, was run over by Clossie Spencer, 29, last August as she crossedContinue reading “There Is No End To This Nightmare”
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”
Despite Being Told Her Baby Had Died In The Womb, A Young Mother Gives Birth To A ‘Miracle’ Child
A mum is celebrating the birth of her Christmas miracle after she was incorrectly told that her baby had perished in the womb. Hannah Cole, 27, was admitted to Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) after her waters broke prematurely at 20 weeks. Doctors told her the following day that the baby had died after they couldn’tContinue reading “Despite Being Told Her Baby Had Died In The Womb, A Young Mother Gives Birth To A ‘Miracle’ Child”
When A Teenager Was Referred For Urology Treatments, He Was Told He Would Have To Wait For Two-And-A-Half Years To Get An Appointment At A Hospital
A teenager who was referred for hospital checks has been given an appointment by a scandal-hit NHS trust, in June 2025. The boy’s father said he was stunned after Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) confirmed that the date in the letter was not a typing mistake. His 16-year-old son was referred to theContinue reading “When A Teenager Was Referred For Urology Treatments, He Was Told He Would Have To Wait For Two-And-A-Half Years To Get An Appointment At A Hospital”
A 45-Year-Old Autistic Man Has Been Held In A Secure Hospital For 21 Years
Tony Hickmott was sectioned in 2001 and moved away from his home in Brighton. The man, who has autism, was held in a secure hospital and treated like an animal. A whistleblower last year said that Tony Hickmott was the loneliest man in the hospital, but after a bruising court battle, he’s now expected toContinue reading “A 45-Year-Old Autistic Man Has Been Held In A Secure Hospital For 21 Years”
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