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Darlington nurses penalised for trans complaint, says lawyer
Posted onPA Media Nurses from Darlington Memorial Hospital have taken their NHS bosses to an employment tribunal NHS bosses “penalised” female nurses complaining about a transgender woman using their changing room, an employment tribunal has been told. Eight nurses are challenging a policy which allows the single-sex room at Darlington Memorial Hospital to be used by…
Plea of non-smoker from Hastings diagnosed with lung cancer at 37
Posted onMark NormanSouth East health correspondent Mark Norman/BBC Jules Fielder was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer aged 37 A non-smoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 37 is campaigning for better awareness of the condition in young women. Jules Fielder, from Hastings, East Sussex, has secured a meeting with Health Secretary Wes…
Life being stressful is not an illness – GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Posted onCatherine Burns,Health correspondent, Vicki Loader,Health producerand Harriet Agerholm Getty Images Hundreds of GPs across England have told the BBC they think mental health problems are being over-diagnosed. One commonly-held view by family doctors, our research suggests, is that society tends to over-medicalise normal life stresses. But they’re also concerned about how hard it is to…
Assisted dying bill: What is in the proposed law?
Posted onMichelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images MPs have voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill will now face many more months of debate and scrutiny by MPs and peers, who could choose to amend it, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament needed…
