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Posted onBBC Sian Jones says she hopes the new service will help improve access to medication for women suffering from UTIs A woman who has endured the pain of urinary tract infections (UTIs) all her adult life has welcomed the news that 99% of pharmacies in Wales will now able to treat the condition without a…
Hartlepool woman had ‘agonising’ hysteroscopy without consent
Posted onTom BurgessNorth East and Cumbria BBC The University Hospital of Hartlepool said improvements had been made after Dawn Lord’s complaint A woman who did not give informed consent for a hysteroscopy has described the procedure as “agonising”. Dawn Lord, 51, believed she was attending an appointment at the University Hospital of Hartlepool to discuss future…
AI can forecast your future health – just like the weather
Posted onJames GallagherHealth and science correspondent Jeff Dowling/EMBL-EBI Researchers developed the code for the AI model which looks for patterns in people’s medical records Artificial intelligence can predict people’s health problems over a decade into the future, say scientists. The technology has learned to spot patterns in people’s medical records to calculate their risk of more…
Flagship NHS pledge hanging in the balance – experts
Posted onThe government’s flagship NHS pledge to get back to hitting the 18-week waiting time target in England by the end of the parliament is hanging in the balance, experts say. An analysis by the Health Foundation shows, on current trends, waiting times will still be over 20 weeks by July 2029. The think-tank is warning…
