Parents of gravely ill child refused respite care

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -The Willie Stargell Foundation is once again stepping up to the plate when it comes to helping people with kidney failure. The foundation presented a $128,000 check to Novant Health for the Willie “Pops” Stargell Dialysis Center in Wilmington. It takes the total contribution to Novant to more than $1 million over…

SANFORD, Fla. —Seminole County Public Schools Superintendent Serita Beamon was at Seminole High School Monday to tout the success ofSCPS’s Health Academy. The program isn’t new, but it received major renovations and upgrades, including for this new school year, that equip its students with very real and modernized medical equipment and spaces. Beamon says those…

Every NHS hospital in England has been told to improve patient waiting times for planned treatment as the government has made hitting the 18-week target one of its key priorities for this parliament. By March 2026, the government wants to see at least 65% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks. To get there,…

Marie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NI Dr Jilly O’Hagan says patients are facing traumatic waits for diagnosis and treatment A County Antrim GP has said she is “hugely concerned” for women who need breast cancer treatment in Northern Ireland after three patients in her surgery received late cancer diagnoses. The patients are among 32 women…

Alison HoltSocial affairs editor, The Old Bailey Family handout Alice Figueiredo’s family hoped lessons would be learned following their 22-year-old daughter’s death James MelleyThe Old Bailey A hospital trust has been fined more than £500,000 and a ward manager given a six-month suspended sentence over the death of a 22-year-old woman on a mental health…