Record number of hip and knee operations at Scottish hospitals
Statistics from Public Health Scotland released on Tuesday show there were 17,399 hip or knee replacements in 2024…
James Paget hospital buys Da Vinci robot after fundraising
James Paget University Hospital has introduced a new robotic-assisted surgical system. The da Vinci X system, provided by…
We need more unemployed doctors
In medicine, the working year begins today, as freshly qualified doctors start and others rotate to new attachments.…
Former IRH eye doctor breaks world record on mercy mission
Dr Kasun Gunawardena from Sri Lanka spent two years in the Greenock hospital making a massive impact on…
Novo Nordisk (NVO) earnings Q2 2025
Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024.…
York and North Yorks’ NHS wheelchair supplier in liquidation
Nottingham Rehab Limited, which trades as NRS Healthcare, is being wound up after a court appointed the official receiver,…
Royal Bolton Hospital scheme diagnoses dozens with HIV and hepatitis
Bolton new emergency department ‘opt-out” testing programme for blood borne virus was launched in March of this year…
Stourbridge Dad left permanently disabled wins payout after suing NHS
Graham Shepherd developed the large hernia after an aneurysm, described as the biggest doctors had ever seen, that had…
what’s at stake in the global treaty talks in Geneva
Plastics are everywhere – they’re even in you right now – and are making many of us sick.…
One year into construction, how is Shrewsbury hospital’s multi-million-pound redevelopment taking shape?
It was on August 6 last year that work first began on the construction of a huge new…
Don’t charge VAT on private healthcare
His remarks come after former Labour leader Neil Kinnock suggested Rachel Reeves should remove the VAT exemption on…
NHS shares 3 key symptoms of a heart attack and what to do in the situation
The NHS has urged people to “spread the word” about the three main symptoms of a heart attack…