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”
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Wes Streeting Can’t Figure Out How To Fund Labour’s NHS Hospital Replacement Plan
Plans to replace deteriorating NHS hospitals that could put people at risk from collapsing structures are being shelved by Labour. Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged 40 new hospitals by the end of the decade, but now the plan looks to be in ruins. Labour is set to announce that many of the crumbling NHS hospitals in EnglandContinue reading “Wes Streeting Can’t Figure Out How To Fund Labour’s NHS Hospital Replacement Plan”
NHS Nurses Share Their Harrowing Experiences Of Third World Conditions
In horrifying testimony to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) study, one nurse in the South East of England said a patient had lain dead in a corridor ‘for hours’. Another nurse, in Yorkshire and the Humber, said departments were becoming ‘overwhelmed’ on a daily basis, adding: ‘At its worst, (we are) asking someone toContinue reading “NHS Nurses Share Their Harrowing Experiences Of Third World Conditions”
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”
Wes Streeting Set To Unveil ‘Revolutionary’ NHS App
Patients will be able to choose where and when they get treatment using a ‘revolutionised’ NHS app as part of Labour’s plans to cut waiting lists. Health Secretary Wes Streeting will publish proposals to change how people choose health providers – including in the private sector as an NHS patient – book appointments and receive test results. And heContinue reading “Wes Streeting Set To Unveil ‘Revolutionary’ NHS App”
Council Plans ‘Cruel’ Tourist Tax
A council has been criticised for cruel plans to introduce a ‘tourist tax’ that could see expectant mothers charged when they have to journey to hospital from remote areas to give birth. Patients in northern Scotland must travel hundreds of miles for hospital care. Pregnant mothers living in Caithness, where local services have been drasticallyContinue reading “Council Plans ‘Cruel’ Tourist Tax”
There Have Been A Number Of Basic Failures At A Hospital, According To The Coroner
A mother who died from massive post-birth haemorrhage was ‘failed’ by NHS staff who gave her a biscuit thinking she was dehydrated, a report has discovered. Laura-Jane Seaman, 36, died at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, in December 2022, two days after the birth of her son. The care support worker was ‘begging staff to help her’ and pleadingContinue reading “There Have Been A Number Of Basic Failures At A Hospital, According To The Coroner”
NHS Left 95-Year-Old Woman On Freezing Pavement
The husband of an elderly woman left lying on the pavement for five hours with a broken hip because she was not considered a priority for an ambulance has slammed the way she was treated as a ‘disgrace’. Winifred Soanes, 95, who as a child survived her home being bombed during the Blitz, is recoveringContinue reading “NHS Left 95-Year-Old Woman On Freezing Pavement”
Still Waiting For NHS Dentist Appointment Seven Years Later
A lady has said she was forced to pull out her teeth after waiting almost seven years for an NHS dentist appointment. When Linda Colla, 76, relocated to Nottingham from Devon in 2018, she started looking for a dentist but was soon let down when she discovered that it was harder than she had anticipated. She saysContinue reading “Still Waiting For NHS Dentist Appointment Seven Years Later”