Global TB crisis Reports suggest that there are 10 million new cases of Tuberculosis (TB) every year and unfortunately around 1.7 million people succumb to the disease. On 26 September heads of state, doctors and scientists are gathering at the UN general assembly meeting on ending TB, to discuss the failing global efforts to tackle…
NHS vacancies a ‘national emergency’ Official figures show that NHS staff shortages are worsening in England, with one in 11 posts vacant. The latest figures published by NHS Improvement show that for the April to June period, 11.8% of nurse posts and 9.3% of doctor posts were vacant. Overall, there was found to be a…
NHS to offer new leukaemia therapy A deal has been struck by the NHS that means hospitals can begin to offer children a cutting-edge cancer therapy within weeks. CAR-T is a novel treatment for aggressive leukaemia that has been described as the most exciting treatment advance for decades. It is personalised to the individual and…
More than a fifth of 14 year old girls self harm In a recent report conducted by The Children’s Society, it was found that more than a fifth of 14-year old girls in the UK say they have self-harmed. As a part of the Millennium Cohort Study, 11,000 children born between the years 2000 and 2001 took…
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