Health

Exclusive: Radical action needed to tackle racial health inequality in NHS, says damning report

NHS staff on a hospital ward. The report’s authors said they had uncovered evidence of ‘persistent’ inequalities that are harming patients’ health. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA The Guardian By Andrew Gregory Exclusive: Review paints devastating picture of a healthcare system failing minority ethnic patients in England Radical action is needed urgently to tackle “overwhelming” minority ethnic

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Turkish president, first lady test positive for omicron variant of coronavirus

By Anadolu Agency ‘Thankfully, we are having a mild one,’ says Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and first lady Emine Erdogan tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus. “The results of the COVID-19 test that I had with my wife, after having mild symptoms today, were positive. Thankfully, we are

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Special Report: Inside J&J’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims

A bottle of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration taken in New York, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and

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Britain puts private health firms on high alert as Omicron threatens NHS

A person walks past images of National Health Service (NHS) workers displayed on hoardings outside a temporary field hospital at St George’s Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, January 8, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Reuters By Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout Britain on Monday put the biggest private health companies on high

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NHS doctor challenges Sajid Javid over Covid vaccination rules

Health secretary Sajid Javid talking to Steve James a consultant at King’s College hospital in London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA The Guardian By Damien Gayle Health secretary exchanges views with medic who says he’s had the virus and doesn’t want a vaccination An NHS doctor has challenged Sajid Javid over compulsory vaccines for healthcare workers, telling

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Military staff step in to help strained London hospitals

Paramedics push a trolley next to a line of ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital in the Whitechapel area of east London, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Health authorities across the U.K. simplified COVID-19 testing requirements on Wednesday, a move designed to cut isolation times for many people and that may ease the staffing shortages that

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Heart attack patients told to make own way to hospital as Covid surge hits northern England

Ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital, in London, Tuesday Dec. 29, 2020. England Health Service figures show hospitals now have more Covid-19 patients than during April’s first-wave peak, with fears of increased figures because of a Christmas social spread still to come. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) The Guardian By Andrew Gregory NHS under pressure as

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British PM: Health service under strain, but no new measures

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a vaccination hub in the at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury, England, Monday Jan. 3, 2022, as the booster vaccination programme continues. (Steve Parsons/Pool via AP) By Associated Press British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Monday that the country’s health system will remain under strain for weeks amid

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English school children to wear masks to tackle Omicron surge

A teacher hands out face masks to students on the first day back at school, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown begins to ease, at Fulham Boys School in London, Britain, March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs By Reuters Children in secondary schools in England will be told to wear face coverings when they return after

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UK’s daily COVID infections hit record high of 129,471

Shoppers cross Oxford Street, London, Britain, December 28, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Reuters Britain reported a record 129,471 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not bring in new restrictions this year to limit the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus. Johnson

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