Two million wasted hospital days as NHS struggles to discharge elderly patients
MORE than 4,000 care home beds have been lost in the past two years as the number of days wasted in hospital to bed blocking reaches almost two million a year, a study reveals. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Dementia patients being let down by GPs who ‘don’t spot it early enough’
DEMENTIA patients are being let down by their GPs, a study says. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Bowel cancer treatment: Hope as two drugs approved for patients with killer disease
BOWEL cancer is diagnosed every 15 minutes in the UK and the deadly disease claims the lives of more than 40 people each day – partly because the symptoms are so hard to spot. Daily Express :: Health Feed
HEALTH NEWS: Revolutionary device to be used by NHS to help patients with heart failure
A REVOLUTIONARY device – the size of a grain of rice – is being used by NHS surgeons to help patients with heart failure. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Health fears over new wait times which could see patients waiting WEEKS to see their GP
PATIENTS could be forced to wait weeks to see their family doctor as overstretched medics struggle to keep waiting times down during the busy winter period, Britain’s leading GP has said. Daily Express :: Health Feed
DIABETES HEALTH ALERT: Britain faces timebomb against middle-aged patients
BRITAIN is facing a “catastrophic” diabetes timebomb amongst the middle-aged. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Blind patients to get bionic eyes in 2017: NHS to pay for 10 people to be fitted with eyes
THE NHS will pay for 10 people with an inherited form of blindness to be fitted with “bionic eye” implants. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Diabetic patients could avoid daily jabs as scientists REVEAL ‘promising’ breakthrough
MILLIONS of diabetes sufferers could avoid the misery of daily jabs after scientists discovered a new weapon in the battle against the condition. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Heart disease treatment: Patients can REPAIR hearts with their own stem cells
HEART disease patients can now be treated with their own cells to repair their hearts – after trials proved the treatment caused patients’ hearts to pump more efficiently. Daily Express :: Health Feed
New glasses treatment to treat patients with dyslexia
RESEARCH at a small primary school in Devon could transform the lives of millions of dyslexia sufferers. Daily Express :: Health Feed