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New Birmingham inquests open into jailed surgeon Ian Paterson’s patients
A further two inquests have been opened into the deaths of former patients of jailed surgeon Ian Paterson. Judge Richard Foster opened the inquests of Pauline Brown, who died aged 62, and Jennifer Fox, who died aged 47, at Birmingham Coroners’ Court on Tuesday. There are now 65 inquests ongoing into the deaths of patients…
UK loses measles elimination status
The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced. The move was based on the spread of cases in 2024 when there were 3,600 suspected cases. Elimination status means there is no sustained transmission so this decision was largely expected, given the scale of the outbreaks in 2024. There were…
First leukaemia patient to get pioneering drug on NHS says it is very sci-fi
Fergus WalshMedical editor BBC Oscar Murphy has now finished his CAR-T therapy and is hopeful for his future The first leukaemia patient to receive a breakthrough treatment since it was made available on the NHS has said it was “fantastic” and “very sci-fi”. Oscar Murphy, 28, who has an aggressive form of the blood cancer,…
Cancer patients warned for years about hospital water infections
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