Can Rene Descartes (we mean Wes Streeting) fix the NHS? René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician. He was one of the pioneers of Rationalism. This is principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on ‘experience’, emotion or religion. It is actually the basis of […]
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Streeting and Starmer blaming the Tories for the NHS won’t hold forever In two months Sir Keir Starmer MP and Wes Streeting MP have already completed numerous rites of passage for a new Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health. But there’s one part of the job where there is an obvious, and deliberate, […]
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Sleep, fasting, exercise, brown rice, black coffee, a healthy social life .. or .. A newly discovered gene may be more important as it increases longevity. There is an abundance of advice out there on how to live a good, long life. Researchers are working hard to determine why some people live longer than others, […]
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Wes Streeting today backed the rollout of surgical hubs to help clear NHS waiting lists Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (DHSC) Currently 7.6 million people are waiting in the NHS for an operation or procedure. The surgical hubs may improve productivity by 20%. The Health Secretary said the hubs, […]
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What3words can save your life in a medical emergency If you are walking in the Peak District and fracture your ankle, or on a remote beach and you are about to cut off by the tide, how can you get emergency help? Maybe that place does not have a postcode (or its hard to find) […]
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Benefits of weight loss drug’s heart extends to people with heart failure In a recent study (Lincoff, 2033) in The Lancet, found similar cardiovascular benefits for a subgroup of study participants who were also judged to have heart failure at the start of the trial. Why is this important? Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor […]
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Current public satisfaction with NHS GP services (2024) The yearly British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey enables us to see long-term trends in public satisfaction with the NHS and social care services. In the current (2024) social-political-economic context, the latest results (2023) bring important insights. Top three findings from the BSA survey 2023 The 2023 survey […]
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How do you know if a doctor is a ‘good doctor’? These are what MyHSN considers the (7 most important) qualities of a good doctor. 1. Good judgment (especially concerning your health) Doctors should be able to make sound decisions based on the information available to them. They need to be able to know what they do not […]
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Ageing occurs in dramatic bursts at 44 and 60 years The human body does not age steadily throughout middle age and, instead, goes through bursts of rapid aging typically at around age 44 and again at 60 years; according to a new study published yesterday in the journal Nature Aging: ‘Nonlinear dynamics of multi-omics profiles […]
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Mpox outbreak declared a public health emergency for Africa Mpox – the highly infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox – has been declared a public health emergency in Africa by the continent’s top health body. Scientists from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) say they are alarmed by the […]
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