Health visitors call for limits on impossible 1,000-family caseloads

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Side effects of different antidepressants have been ranked for the first time, revealing huge differences between drugs. Academics looked at the impact medications had on patients in the first eight weeks after starting treatment, with some causing patients to gain up to 2kg in weight or vary heart…

One hundred and eighty years after the first fax machines started grinding out messages, three NHS trusts in England are still using the technology. Health Secretary Wes Streeting had made it his personal mission to banish the fax, pledging to Radio 5 Live in October 2024 that he would phase them out of the health…

CASPER, Wyo. — A century-old central Casper building is getting a complete refresh from the inside out in preparation for the next chapter of its life as the Natrona Collective Health Trust’s headquarters. The brick structure at 421 S. Center was constructed in the early 1920s by the Mountain States Power Company’s Casper headquarters. The…

A doctor has appeared in court accused of more than 40 counts of sexual assault against hospital patients including children. The charges faced by Nathaniel Spencer on Tuesday relate to 38 patients at Royal Stoke University Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, between 2017 and 2021. The 38-year-old of Great Hampden Street, Birmingham, appeared at…

Chris YoungLocal Democracy Reporting Service Getty Images The customer had a nut allergy and was served a dessert with a chocolate hazelnut topping instead of Belgian chocolate A business is under investigation by trading standards officers after a woman was hospitalised when the firm used a chocolate hazelnut dessert topping instead of chocolate. West Yorkshire…