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Assisted dying law approved in Jersey
Posted onShe said she was sceptical of the motives of peers who have tabled amendments to the legislation, saying “sometimes I wonder if people who are emotionally, or perhaps through their own background, opposed to assisted dying, find all these other explanations where the truth is that they would never find an amendment that would satisfy…
Worcester student paramedic helps deliver lecturer’s baby
Posted onChloe HughesWest Midlands University of Worcester Third-year paramedic services student was on placement at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital Paramedic services student Elise Faragher had no idea her routine hospital placement would see her helping to deliver the baby of someone very familiar. The third-year student was at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital when her lecturer, Aaron…
Seven million cancers a year are preventable, says global report
Posted on“This landmark study is a comprehensive assessment of preventable cancer worldwide, incorporating for the first time infectious causes of cancer alongside behavioural, environmental, and occupational risks,” said Soerjomataram, the deputy head of the IARC Cancer Surveillance Unit.
Could RFK Jr’s move to pull mRNA vaccine funding be a huge miscalculation?
Posted onGetty Images mRNA vaccines were heralded as a medical marvel that saved lives during the Covid pandemic, but now the US is pulling back from researching them. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has cancelled 22 projects – worth $500m (£376m) in funding – for tackling infections such as Covid and flu. So does…
Increase and protect school funding for special needs, MPs urge
Posted onIn a report, she wrote: “The government should look closely at its plans for SEND funding, particularly the discrepancies between local authorities, the potential to ringfence budgets, and investment in early years to prevent children’s needs escalating.”
New online NHS hospital service by 2027, PM to promise
Posted onAn NHS online hospital service will be launched in England within two years to help cut waiting times, the prime minister is set to announce. Sir Keir Starmer will tell the Labour Party annual conference a “new world is coming” as he sets out plans for the digital service. NHS Online will have its own…
