What? A pioneering treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, aducanumab, has been rejected by the EMA (European Medicines Agency) for approval in territories, due to a lack of proven benefit. Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia. It is a gradual and often irreversible development of symptoms such as memory loss and confusion. It is generally accepted […]
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Much like a broken record, we’re here to explain another round of COVID news. And someone else hoping to break records is prime minister Boris Johnson, who tonight announced a swathe of new measures to combat the spread of the Omicron variant. So what’s been announced? What? Boris Johnson has pledged to break previous vaccine […]
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What? Omicron is the latest COVID variant to hit the news. Viruses mutate very quickly to form new ‘variants’, and as a result there are thousands of COVID variants. However, a small number of ‘variants of concern’ are specifically named by the World Health Organization (currently, letters of the Greek alphabet), like the Alpha and […]
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What? A new HIV treatment (cabotegravir (Vocabria®) and rilpivirine (Rekambys®)) delivered by ‘depot’ injection is set to decrease the number of pills people living with HIV have to take on a daily basis. Patients will usually take the pill or tablet form of this medication for one month to ensure they can tolerate it. Thereafter, […]
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“Why was my hospital appointment cancelled? Why am I not able to book another?” “Which hospital should I go to for my surgery?” “How does my friend with same condition get seen faster by her consultant?” “What happens if I forget to attend my MRI appointment?” “Why has the hospital cancelled my blood test?” “Why […]
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Are statins dangerous? What? We all know the infamous saying ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’, and there is some truth to this. As healthcare professionals we always encourage you to maintain a balanced diet and have at least 20 minutes of exercise a day. We know that this dramatically reduces the risk […]
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What? The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has earmarked a further £5.9 billion in public spending specifically for the NHS; to cut waiting lists for appointments and surgeries, and reduce the backlog in elective work, e.g. hip replacements, hernia repairs. This is in addition to a further £12 billion a year (£36 billion split across the next […]
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What? Health Secretary Sajid Javid has pledged £250 million to fund extra GPs to allow more face-to-face GP consultations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which rendered most GP visits telephone consultations only. Why? The public are frustrated that they cannot be seen face-to-face (F2F) like they used to, and the reported perception is […]
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What? A major inquiry published by a group of UK MPs has deemed the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic a failure, and goes so far to call its handling ‘one of the UK’s worst ever public health failures’. Why? A number of reasons have been put forward to explain the damning verdict passed down by the […]
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