By Leo Kelion & Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology reporters Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic People living in England and Wales are being urged to download the government’s contact-tracing app following its official release. NHS Covid-19 instructs users to self-isolate for 14 days if it detects they were nearby someone who has the virus. It also has a check-in […]
The total number of people dying in England and Wales is continuing to fall, figures show. The Office for National Statistic review of deaths in the week ending 8 May showed there were 12,600 deaths – a third were linked to coronavirus. This is down from a peak of 22,000 at the height of the […]
London Ambulance staff members are seen with vehicles in the car park at the ExCeL London exhibition centre in London on April 1, 2020, which has been transformed into the NHS Nightingale Hospital to help with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS Fatalities in England and Wales are around 60% above the normal weekly […]
Planned surgery is to be cancelled in Wales as the NHS gears up to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Cutting back on so-called “elective” operations – those waiting for non-urgent treatment – had been put forward as one of the likely options as the pandemic escalates and more patients with the virus need treating. Non-urgent outpatient […]
Tax rises to cover the cost of caring for elderly and disabled people are being considered by the Welsh Government. The money raised could be spent on abolishing care fees or on a pay rise for care workers. A consultation on possible reforms to social care is due to start this summer. Health Minister Vaughan […]
The NHS in Wales is under more pressure than ever, a nurses’ leader has said. It comes after Hywel Dda health board cancelled planned operations at four hospitals following “an extraordinary weekend” of added pressure. Helen Whyley, director for the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, said “I speak to members regularly across Wales and […]
A “life-changing” mental health service at three hospitals in north Wales is to be expanded to GP surgeries. More than 2,500 people have used I Can centres at Glan Clwyd, Gwynedd and Wrexham Maelor hospitals since the trial was launched earlier this year. The centres offer support to patients at A&E departments who may not […]
There are calls for better support for women who have multiple miscarriages. Jessica Evans, who has lost six babies, had to seek specialist care in England and is calling on the Welsh Government to action recommendations from a report. They include two miscarriage clinics and a time limit on health boards to ensuring care in […]
A suspected outbreak of mumps – a contagious viral infection that causes swelling of the glands – has struck students at universities in Wales. Public Health Wales (PHW) is investigating almost 30 suspected cases in Cardiff and the Cwm Taf area. It is urging people to make sure they have received the MMR vaccination. Cardiff […]
Deaths from asthma in England and Wales are the highest they have been in more than a decade, according to analysis of official data. More than 1,400 adults and children died from asthma attacks in 2018 – that’s 2.5 people out of every 100,000. The charity Asthma UK said too many lives were being cut […]
The birth rate in England and Wales – measured as a proportion of the total population – hit a new low in 2018, according to the Office for National Statistics. It says the trend could be driven by falling fertility rates and an ageing population. Fertility rates decreased in all age groups except women aged […]
Only one in six dental practices in Wales are offering treatment to new adult patients on the NHS, according to research by the British Dental Association (BDA). It also found just over a quarter of 355 dental practices in the country were taking on new child NHS patients. The BDA is campaigning for a change […]
The Welsh NHS bill will “go through the roof” without regular PE in schools, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has said. Due to be introduced in 2022, the draft curriculum does not specify a set amount of physical activity every week. The former Paralympic gold medallist, who sits in the House of Lords, said: “If time is […]
A third of women aged under 30 are snubbing invites to be tested for cervical cancer, health officials in Wales have warned. That is despite the disease being the most common cancer for younger women. Cervical Screening Wales said across all age groups, there were about 160 cases of the disease every year. But for […]
There are nearly 7,000 children and young adults under 25 with type 2 diabetes in England and Wales – about 10 times the number reported before, according to Diabetes UK. Its analysis of 2016-17 data found most were being treated in GP practices rather than in specialist units. The condition is linked to obesity and […]