An Observer investigation last month discovered some children are waiting up to five years for an initial NHS autism consultation. Figures obtained through the Freedom of Information Act uncovered a significant case of 2,835 autistic children who were referred to Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, waiting an average of 88 weeks; the longest case…
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Should the NHS be privatised?
A recent investigation has revealed over 100 NHS primary care buildings are owned by private firms registered in tax havens, bringing the long enduring question of the NHS’s proposed privatisation to the forefront once again. It is rather ironic how the NHS pays millions in rent each year to firms who barely pay any taxes,…
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NHS in Norfolk encouraging smear tests
The NHS in Norfolk and Waveney are encouraging people to ‘not fear their smear’ and book their appointment. On 14th February 2022, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), with the support of NHS England and NHS Improvement, launched a national cervical screening campaign. The campaign encourages those who are eligible to book their…
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UEA project to increase flu vaccines for care home staff
Care home staff are to be involved in a new UEA project to increase the number of staff taking the flu vaccine. In a £1.4 million scheme backed by the National Institute for Health Research, UEA researchers are looking at ways to encourage care home staff to take the flu vaccine. The FluCare project hosted…
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The NHS Charity Case
Over the past two years, the NHS has been facing the most unimaginable scenes possible. It therefore is not surprising that it did not take long for the effects of an under-funded system to start showing its cracks once again. Not only were we witness to the images of NHS workers lacking the essential PPE…
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Experts at UEA Predict Rising Cases May Allow Virus to Evolve Into More Transmissible Variants
This discovery comes as a new article in the Journal ‘Virulence’ warns the lack of measures may allow for new virus mutations, resistant to vaccines. Experts at the University of East Anglia and the Earlham Institute suggest these rising cases, while restrictions are easing, allow opportunities for the virus to spread, and therefore evolve into…
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Homeless given priority in vaccination effort – Health Secretary
Homeless people are to be prioritised in the vaccination effort, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced, based on the fact they are more likely to suffer from adverse health conditions and have more limited access to medical care. “It’s so important that nobody gets left behind in this national effort,” Mr Hancock said in a…
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Camera in a pill: the latest silver bullet?
Capsule camera endoscopy is a diagnostic technology recently introduced to the NHS in an attempt to diagnose colon and bowel cancer earlier. An alternative to a traditional endoscopy, capsule camera technology is a small camera, the size of a vitamin pill (23 mm), which a patient swallows. As the capsule travels through the body, it…
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My Nursing Placement on a COVID Ward
My placement was never supposed to be on a COVID ward. However, when a second peak started to become a reality, teams in the hospital had to be re-shuffled to make preparations for the possibility of an influx of patients, and my team were called on to run the new COVID positive ward. I was…
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