Summarize this content to 1000 words Disruption to GPs caused by a global IT outage may continue into the coming week, NHS England has said.A spokesman for the health service told the BBC that digital systems for GPs and pharmacies had been restored "in most areas" - but that surgeries would have to work through a backlog of appointments.Practices across the UK have had to cancel routine appointments because of
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThere is no evidence of a large rise in suicides in young patients attending a gender identity clinic in London, an independent review has found.Professor Louis Appleby was asked by Health Secretary Wes Streeting to examine the data following claims made by campaigners of a rise in suicide rates since puberty-blocking drugs were restricted at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in 2020.Prof
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesA swarm of mosquitoes, the insects that spread malaria when they drink bloodMillions of lives are at risk unless urgent and radical action is taken to stop drug-resistant malaria spreading in Africa, scientists warn.Malaria parasites that can shrug off the effects of the critical drug artemisinin are now well-established in East Africa. Resistance levels have soared in some areas from fewer than 1%
Summarize this content to 1000 words 3 hours agoBy Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, @nicktriggle • Jim Reed, Health reporter, BBC NewsPAThe failures and weaknesses in the UK's pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report published by the Covid inquiry.Baroness Hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime.Her report will cover the state of the healthcare system, stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) and
Summarize this content to 1000 words 2 hours agoBy James Gallagher, @JamesTGallagher, Health and science correspondent, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe cervix is the canal joining the vagina and the wombMore than one million extra women could have life-saving cervical-cancer checks if the NHS adopted do-it-yourself testing, researchers estimate.The team at King’s College London said the results of its self-testing trial were “fantastic” and “gave power to women”.The kits are like a Covid swab but
Summarize this content to 1000 words 16 hours agoBy Maria Cassidy, BBC NewsGetty ImagesFood and drink with poor nutritional value are promoted more than healthier products, says the Welsh governmentFree drink refills could be banned at restaurants and cafes as part of new proposals by the Welsh government.Health Secretary Eluned Morgan has launched a consultation to restrict "promotions of food products high in fat, sugar and salt". It also proposes to restrict
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThe new government has made tackling NHS waiting times a key priority - and this week appointed NHS surgeon and former health minister Lord Ara Darzi to investigate what is going wrong. Is productivity the place to start?The scale of the challenge facing Health Secretary Wes Streeting was made clear as he announced the review on Thursday. The latest performance figures – the
Summarize this content to 1000 words NHS EnglandNin Sambhi says the jab could make a difference to her and her familyThousands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be offered a new 10-minute injection that can help slow progression of the disease, NHS England says. The medicine, called ocrelizumab, is normally given as an infusion through a vein - a process that can take
Summarize this content to 1000 words Scientists are launching their first in-human vaccine trial for a highly fatal virus.The Marburg virus is in the same family as Ebola and was discovered in 1967.There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for the virus, which is listed as a "high consequence" infectious disease by the UK Health Security Agency.Now, researchers are looking for 46 volunteers to receive doses of the ChAdOx1
Summarize this content to 1000 words Wes Streeting said he has been “genuinely stunned” by the NHS failings he has learned about since becoming health secretary.He said much of what he had been told is not yet in the public domain and he is determined to "tell the truth to our country" about how patients and staff had been failed.Mr Streeting has ordered an independent investigation into NHS performance in
