Other groups more at risk included people who have a history of extensive antibiotic exposure and those with learning difficulties
Chronic shortage of sickle cell nurses putting patients at risk, damning report warns
Previously, The Independent revealed that only half of healthcare professionals feel they have sufficient tools to manage the long-term damage that sickle cell disease brings.
Study reveals which people are most likely to die from sepsis
A number of factors appear to increase a person’s risk.
Women in mental health crisis still being jailed in prisons deemed ‘unfit for purpose’, major review warns
Goverment failed to include plans to outlaw jailing vulnerable people ‘for their own protection’ in King’s Speech
Top scientist who called Sunak Dr Death says government made same Covid mistake three times
Boris Johnson should have imposed first national lockdown two weeks earlier, says chief scientific adviser
Eye patients forced to go private or go blind due to soaring NHS waiting lists
One woman had to pay £3,000 for emergency eye treatment or risk going blind due to three-week NHS wait
Long Covid ‘changes brains of people differently to those who recover from virus’
More than two million people in the UK are thought to be suffering from long Covid and many report ‘brain fog’, perstistent fatigue and digestive […]
Using sites like LinkedIn can trigger imposter syndrome, study suggests
Professional social network sites such as LinkedIn and Xing are widely used.
Construction begins on Health Innovation Hub
The facility is part of the University of Glasgow.
Nursing watchdog to miss target to cut soaring complaints backlog
Comes after The Independent revealed a slew of concerns that poor investigations mean rogues nurses are going unchecked