Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCMandi Masters, a community midwife, was hospitalised with Covid in the pandemic.The public inquiry into the pandemic will start 10 weeks of hearings on Monday looking at the impact on patients, healthcare workers and the wider NHS. Covid patients have been admitted to hospital more than a million times in the UK since the virus emerged in 2020, while countless others have had care
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThe government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say.Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target.But NHS Confederation research found that would only deliver about 15% of the extra capacity needed to get back
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesScientists have studied more than 2,000 samples of poo from babies in the UK to get a clearer idea of which types of bacteria first colonise a newborn's gut.Researchers say they were surprised to find baby poo fell into three distinct microbiological profiles, with different "pioneer bacteria" being abundant in each.One in particular, called B. breve, could help babies make the most of
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesMen taking sodium valproate are being warned to use contraception while on the medicine, because of a "potential small increased risk" of autism and other neurodevelopmental problems for any children conceived. They should continue to do so - and cannot donate sperm - until three months after they have stopped taking the drug.Sodium valproate, prescribed under brand names including Epilim, Belvo, Convulex and
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCSafia Ahmadei has always maintained her innocenceA student nurse cleared of plotting to kidnap a baby from a neonatal ward said her experience of the justice system had left her "smashed".Safia Ahmadei was accused of "scouting" New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton for a baby she could pass off as her own.But following an 11-day trial a jury found her not guilty of attempted kidnap
Summarize this content to 1000 words ZooNation Tommy Franzen in The Mad Hatter's Tea PartyWelcome to Wonderland. The stage is set for ZooNation dance company's production of The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at London's Linbury Theatre. Over-sized cups and saucers, laden with delicious-looking treats, stand next to teapots of many colours, ready to be wheeled on for rehearsals. But there are many other props that were not featured in the
Summarize this content to 1000 words SuppliedMilo weighed just less than 2lb (0.9kg) when he was bornA hospital trust has apologised to the parents of a baby who was given another mother's breast milk after being born prematurely.Melissa and Callum say they were "let down repeatedly" during their son Milo's treatment at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) and Leicester General Hospital (LGH).Milo, who was born at 26 weeks in March, was
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesA vaccination programme to protect newborn babies and older people against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is being rolled out in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Monday, following a similar scheme in Scotland.RSV is one of the common viruses that causes coughs and colds in winter, but it can cause severe and sometimes life-threatening breathing difficulties.For the first time, women who are at
Summarize this content to 1000 words FAMILY HANDOUTDr Alicia Pylpyczuk worked as an emergency doctor in Manchester but took her own life in February 2020 after battling depression triggered by alopeciaEarlier this year a new drug to treat severe alopecia - an autoimmune condition that causes hair loss - was given the green light for NHS use. Some are keen to try it, others aren't - and some even think
Summarize this content to 1000 words A drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity could also slow down the process of ageing, researchers believe.Semaglutide, better known as Ozempic, "has far-reaching benefits beyond what we initially imagined," Prof Harlan Krumholz, from the Yale School of Medicine, said following the publication of several new studies.They found that the drug could be used to treat a wide range of illnesses linked
