A 19-year-old trainee teacher, Millie Hook, probably would have survived a severe illness had she received appropriate medical care at Basildon Hospital, an Essex coroner has ruled in a critical Prevention of Future Deaths report. Assistant Coroner Stephen Simblet warned that the emergency triage systems at Basildon Hospital are “inadequate,” noting that Millie Hook sufferedContinue reading “Delays Cost Lives”
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Taxi Ban For Asylum Seekers
After it was discovered that migrants had travelled great distances at the cost of taxpayers, a restriction on asylum seekers using taxis to get to doctors’ appointments went into effect. In one case, an asylum seeker billed the Home Office £600 for a 250-mile journey to see a GP for a check-up on his knee, according toContinue reading “Taxi Ban For Asylum Seekers”
NHS Flu Jabs And Boosters To Be Scrapped For 12 Million
Free COVID boosters and flu jabs will be axed for middle-aged Brits this winter. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued its NHS guidance saying that COVID-19 top-up jabs from autumn will no longer be offered to otherwise healthy people aged 50 to 64. Similar advice had already been published for flu, meaningContinue reading “NHS Flu Jabs And Boosters To Be Scrapped For 12 Million”
