Health Care Principal Lecturer Val Ely on the outcomes of the Department of Health’s Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions. Continue reading
Cosmetic Procedures: Who is injecting your face and with what?
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Category Archives: Health
Health minister blames lack of ‘patient care’ solely on the nurses
Professor of Health Policy Peter Bradshaw on the Health secretary’s plans to improve patient care amongst nurses. Continue reading
“Supporters of normal birth have a ‘Luddite obsession’ with the natural and that they are hell bent on making women feel guilty about their birth”
- Midwifery lecturer Charlotte Kenyon on TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp’s article in the Daily Mail where the TV presenter claims that women are being stigmatised for having non-natural birth or using formula milk. Continue reading
UK woefully underprepared for ageing society – “older people are entitled to excellent health and social care”
Health and Social Care lecturer Michelle Bartholomew on the UK being unprepared for an ageing society
Lords committee warns the UK is ill-prepared for an ageing population – where now for the government?
Professor of Politics Brendan Evans on the UK being unprepared to tackle the problems of an ageing population
BMJ reports that GPs could have a slippery role on the NHS commissioning boards with both ‘trotters in the trough’
- Professor of Health Policy Peter Bradshaw on the BMJ revelation that GPs could be in a position to benefit financial from the public purse whilst sitting on the boards of the new NHS purchasing groups
Pregnancy rhesus disease errors too common – but is jumping on the bandwagon of blame really the answer?
Midwifery lecturer Charlotte Kenyon on pregnancy rhesus disease errors “becoming too common”Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt attacks complacent hospitals
- Professor of Health Policy Peter Bradshaw on the Health Secretary’s attack on complacent hospitals. Continue reading
Stark variation in NHS surgery due to rationing
The University’s Associate Dean of Human and Health Sciences Dr Janet Hargreaves on the fact that the number of patients undergoing common surgical procedures varies widely across England because of funding restrictions. Continue reading
Campaigners win Leeds heart surgery legal challenge – David slays Goliath
Professor of Health Policy Peter Bradshaw on the Leeds Save Our Surgery (SOS) campaigners winning a legal challenge against the closure of the Children’s Heart Surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary