Some shortages are so serious they are imperilling the health and even lives of patients with serious illnesses, pharmacy bosses sayDrug shortages are a “new normal” in the UK and are being exacerbated by Brexit, a report by the Nuffield Trust health thinktank has warned. A dramatic recent spike in the number of drugs that are unavailable has created serious problems for doctors, pharmacists, the NHS and patients, it found.The number of warnings drug companies have issued about impending supply...
Academics from the Universities of Manchester, Nottingham, Edinburgh and Dundee found that dementia patients had a two-fold increased risk of developing pneumonia.
Use of powerful medications linked to elevated risk of serious adverse outcomes including heart failureDoctors are being urged to reduce prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to dementia patients after the largest study of its kind found they were linked to more harmful side-effects than previously thought.The powerful medications are widely prescribed for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia such as apathy, depression, aggression, anxiety, irritability, delirium and psychosis. Tens...
The UK Foreign Office has issued some warnings for tourists planning to visit the Mediterranean island
A climate academic has warned of a potential “competition” for water that could one day emerge between householders and farms.
The relentless storms and flooding have cut harvests for farmers while also limiting the amount of planting they can do to grow the next batch of crops.
The UK Government is allowing people to makeup any shortfalls in their National Insurance contributions - but the deadline is now less than a year away
Canary Islands officials are considering a suggested €3pn charge for tourists. Similar daily 'tourist taxes' are already in place in Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza
Green Finance Institute report said further pollution could cut 12% off GDP by 2030sThe destruction of nature over the rest of the decade could trigger a bigger economic slump in Britain than those caused by the 2008 global financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, experts have warned.Sounding the alarm over the rising financial cost from pollution, damage to water systems, soil erosion, and threats from disease, the report by the Green Finance Institute warned that further breakdown in the UK’s...
THE Met Office has warned of a wet weekend with Brits set to shiver through chilly nights as temperatures plunge to 0°C. Forecasters said Friday will see a breezy and mostly cloudy start with patch
Chimps switched to bat guano when farmers deforested their favorite tree food. In a new study, scientists found 27 new viruses in the guano chimps are eating. The viruses could make the leap to humans, just like Ebola, COVID-19, or anthrax. READ MORE:
The Duke of Sussex cannot resign from the stand-in role as a Counsellor of State which means he can technically still deputise for the monarch if he is overseas on an official trip or ill.