Woman wins £30,000 compensation for being compared to Darth Vader

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 11:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Croydon employment tribunal rules NHS worker Lorna Rooke suffered workplace ‘detriment’

Comparing someone at work to the Star Wars villain Darth Vader is “insulting” and “upsetting”, an employment tri…

The Guardian view on Labour’s drift and Tory collapse: Reform fills a vacuum they created | Editorial

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 08:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Faragism’s rise isn’t a surge of enthusiasm – it’s a symptom of exhaustion with two parties failing to offer vision, justice or renewal

Sir Keir Starmer promised change – and, in a way, he has deliver…

It was NHS at its worst, ex-ombudsman tells inquiry into mental health services

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 20:25 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Sir Rob Behrens says it was a "disgrace" how mental health services failed two vulnerable men.

Swinney vows action on GP appointment 'lottery'

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Scotland's first minister says the NHS will be at the heart of his government's plans for the coming year.

I borrowed £8k to get a dazzling smile in Turkey - but now my botched teeth leave me in constant pain and will cost £18k to fix and the NHS won't help me

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 14:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Marsha Thomas from Wrexham has suffered with endless mouth and throat infections after she spent £8,000 having seven implants and 26 crowns installed at a Turkish clinic in 2023.

'I'm an NHS dentist who took on 4,000 new patients - now I can't afford to keep them'

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 07:05 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Practice says it took on new patients with NHS funding that has since been withdrawn.

Jab slashes heart attack and stroke risk for eight years, study suggests

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 02:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

South Korean experts found the jab, offered routinely on the NHS, gave significant protection from serious cardiovascular events in a study involving nearly 1.3million people.

Hospitals that still let trans women use female toilets are breaking the law, NHS bosses warned

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 01:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Hospitals are breaking the law by continuing to allow trans women to use female facilities in defiance of the landmark Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces, NHS bosses have been warned.

I am on the waiting list for vital spinal surgery - but will it make me go blind? DR MARTIN SCURR answers

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 16:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

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I'm on the waiting list for spinal fusion surgery but read on the NHS website that one of the risks is loss of vision. This has upset me more than the prospect of the surgery itself. Can you put my m…

Baffled Malpractice viewers all have the same complaint as acclaimed ITV drama returns to screens

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 09:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The medical drama - written by former NHS doctor Grace Ofori-Attah - returned last night for a second, five-part series (pictured).