Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCMatthew Sharp has been unable to leave hospital for nearly a yearA disabled man has spent nearly 10 months in a busy general hospital because no suitable home has been found for him in the community.Matthew Sharp, who has a range of complex conditions, says he has been left in limbo while his local NHS and council try to decide who is responsible for
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCNelly Naylor (top left), Rob Reiss (bottom left), Katie Drinkwater (centre), and Louise Nichols (top right) are just some of many thousands who have been waiting for an assessmentIt would take more than eight years for the NHS to see all adult patients waiting for ADHD assessments in many parts of the UK, a BBC investigation has found.Through Freedom of Information requests, the BBC
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThe anti-obesity injection Wegovy contains the drug semaglutideWeight-loss treatment Wegovy has been approved by the UK's medicines regulator, for reducing the risk of serious heart problems in overweight and obese people.Wegovy contains the drug semaglutide, which is already prescribed on the NHS to help some people with a body-mass index (BMI) above 26 lose weight.And it now becomes the first anti-obesity drug to
Summarize this content to 1000 words A young woman died months after begging her GP for help with her chronic fatigue syndrome, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had written to her doctor asking for help with feeding as she was hungry.Ms Boothby-O’Neill had been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). She died at home in Exeter, Devon, in October 2021.The inquest, which is scheduled to last two weeks, continues.The hearing
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesHealth service IT systems are back online following Friday’s global outage, according to NHS England. However, it has warned that there may still be disruption, particularly with GP services who may need time to rebook appointments.The problems with faulty security software affected more than eight million computers worldwide, bringing chaos to transport networks and health services.Experts have warned that the process of fixing
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
