Health

The key health checks we should be aware of, as we exit our 30’s and beyond. Source link

Nikki Fox BBC health correspondent, East of England STEVE HUBBARD/BBC Live video streaming will be offered to callers across six counties in the East of England People calling 999 in the East of England to report a cardiac arrest will be the first in the UK to be offered live video support from advanced paramedics. During the call, staff in …

Michael Fitzpatrick BBC News NI BBC Willie Hutchinson and Martin Garrity are Northern Ireland Ambulance Service volunteers Kindness, compassion and a free car ride goes a long way when you’re undergoing hospital treatment for health issues, such as terminal cancer or kidney dialysis. Often patients rely on the goodwill of strangers, many of whom become friends. The volunteer drivers for …

Spanish engineer Pablo Bergasa and his team have created an incubator that can run on a battery and a bottle of water. Source link

Spanish engineer Pablo Bergasa and his team have created an incubator that can run on a battery and a bottle of water. Source link

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has written to the British Medical Association offering further talks on better working conditions – but only if they call off this week’s strike. Streeting says negotiations which began on Thursday have been constructive – but with resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, due to walk-out for five days on Friday, he is urging them …

NHS bosses are putting patients at risk of harm in the upcoming doctors’ strike, the British Medical Association says. The union believes NHS England’s plan to limit the number of routine treatments being cancelled will stretch senior doctors covering for striking resident doctors too thinly. NHS England has ordered hospitals only to cancel non-urgent care, such as hip and knee …

We ask what’s brewing in Birmingham’s bins, plus measles and challenges for medical ethics Source link

We ask what’s brewing in Birmingham’s bins, plus measles and challenges for medical ethics Source link

Chris Craddock BBC Jersey communities reporter BBC Sports groups like Skateboard Jersey were at ‘Every Girl Moves’ Girls have been encouraged to get involved in different sports at an event where they could have a go at a range of them. The ‘Every Girl Moves’ event was held at Les Quennevais School on Monday with about 15 sports clubs on …