Health

Critically-ill children in hospitals around the country who need specialist paediatric care will benefit from two new ambulances which can bring them to Dublin for specialist treatment if needed. The service, officially launched by Health…

MSPs have questioned whether a key target for Accident and Emergency (A&E) waiting times in Scotland is "reasonable or achievable". NHS boards are supposed to see then admit, transfer or discharge 98% of patients attending at A&E…

Higher rates of obesity and ill-health have been found in shift workers than the general population. Health Survey for England data showed they were in worse health despite often being young. The lead researcher told the BBC that the rise…

A working group made up of senior managers and experts from national tuberculosis (TB) programmes (NTP), ministries of health and social health insurance agencies held its first face-to-face meeting on 27 October 2014 in Barcelona, Spain,…

The number of bowel cancer patients dying after surgery in Wales appears to be higher than expected, new figures published on Monday suggest. The study found that after two years 27.5% of Welsh patients had died, compared to a combined…

A study by Cardiff surgeons has found what music works best when operating on patients (MUSICWORKS) - Patients recorded lower anxiety levels if they had listened to music while in surgery. Playing recorded music to patients that are…

DOCTOR'S BAG POST - The government’s revised co-payment plan is a dog’s breakfast. Here are 9 reasons why the proposal has angered Australian GPs. #1 Prime-minister Abbott’s reference to sausage machine medicine is insulting. If the…

From:  Jossa De Pano They weren’t in for the glory but they have the guts. What were they thinking, competing against the giants of the Philipines' rescue scene? They were a handful of idealists who only wanted to feel the adrenaline rush,…

The correlation between Internet searches on a regional medical website and next-day visits to regional emergency departments was "significant," suggesting that Internet data may be used in the future to predict the level of demand at…

The NHS would be "in dire straits" without migrant workers, one of the UK's senior economists has claimed. Stephen Nickell, who is on the board of the Office for Budget Responsibility, suggested 35% of "health professionals" came from…