BBC News1 day ago'I'm too tired to chew food but still can't get care for my ME'verified_publisherBBC News - Philippa Roxby and Smitha MundasadMaeve Boothby-O'Neill's final days were harrowing. The 27-year-old was confined to bed all day, unable to chew food and no longer able to sit up - she was severely ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME, and as a consequence severely malnourished. Her death has prompted warnings from a coroner …
BBC News3 days ago‘I nearly died drinking a ginger beer – my school’s EpiPen saved my life’verified_publisherBBC News - Jayne McCubbinWhen teacher Elaine Fraser collapsed at home after drinking a ginger beer, she had no idea she had an allergy. “It escalated unbelievably quickly,” Elaine recalls. “My chest was concave trying to pull in breath.” The 53-year-old began to recognise the symptoms of anaphylactic shock, as staff at her …
BBC News3 days agoWill I be diagnosed with Alzheimer's like my mother?verified_publisherBBC News - Sally MagnussonThere can’t be many people who spend years raging and grieving over the decline of a parent from dementia without wondering if it awaits them too. I’m one. My mother died of this vicious brain condition in 2012. And hardly a day has passed since when that question hasn’t been darting around the edge …
BBC News3 days agoCovid inquiry told of trust do-not-resuscitate ruleverified_publisherBBC News - Jim ReedAt least one NHS trust put in place a blanket "do-not-resuscitate" order for sick patients in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. It would mean individuals were considered ineligible for potentially lifesaving CPR, solely on the basis of age or disability, without being individually …
BBC News3 days agoTime to fix NHS as long waits continue, experts sayverified_publisherBBC News - Nick TriggleThe government has been warned it must come up with a plan to fix the NHS, amid mounting concern about the lack of progress in cutting long waits. Latest figures for England show the backlog in hospital care has risen slightly and targets to cut the longest waits look set to be missed. …
BBC News3 days agoPolice identify 24 suspects over hospital drug deathsverified_publisherBBC News - Ethan GudgeDetectives investigating hundreds of deaths at a hospital have identified 24 suspects. An independent panel previously found 456 patients died after being given opiates inappropriately at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1987 and 2001. Families of those who died have been informed a new criminal …
