A hospice in South Devon is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create an artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) residential care home for people with dementia. Speaking at the AWS Public Sector Summit in London on Tuesday 19 March, Gill Horne, programme director for care services at Rowcroft Hospice, said the UK is in the midst… Continue reading AWS Public Sector Summit: AI-enabled care homes and using big data to ease biodiversity crisis
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1-year-old left in day care van dies as Nebraska temperatures soar in heat wave
OMAHA, Neb. — Scorching weather hitting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. forced schools and outdoor workers to scramble to adjust Tuesday — and claimed the life of a 1-year-old girl left in a Nebraska day care center’s van on one of the hottest days of the year. Officers and… Continue reading 1-year-old left in day care van dies as Nebraska temperatures soar in heat wave
Urgent, gentle care: life on a neonatal unit | Hospitals
The smallest can weigh not much more than 250g and be held in the palm of an adult’s hand. The skin of extremely premature babies – born at perhaps 22 or 24 weeks instead of 40 – can be translucent, allowing their organs to be seen. They are, as one medic puts it, “on the… Continue reading Urgent, gentle care: life on a neonatal unit | Hospitals
Last time Britain was this sick, drastic action was taken. This time, politicians don’t seem to care | Sally Davies
The UK is the “sick man” of Europe again. On almost every health indicator – life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, obesity rates and healthcare capacity – we lag behind our peers. This week, ONS data reconfirmed the substantial impact this is having on our national prosperity. The number of people who cannot work primarily because… Continue reading Last time Britain was this sick, drastic action was taken. This time, politicians don’t seem to care | Sally Davies
Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to gender-affirming treatments after the Republican-led General Assembly overrode the Democratic governor’s vetoes of that legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and LGBTQ+ instruction in the classroom. GOP supermajorities in the House and Senate enacted — over Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto — a… Continue reading Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina
A million patients hit by delays to cancer care in last 10 months | Cancer
More than a million patients in England have experienced a delay in their cancer care since Rishi Sunak became prime minister 10 months ago, new NHS figures reveal. Analysis by the House of Commons library of official waiting time performance data shows that huge numbers of people with suspected or confirmed cancer have not been… Continue reading A million patients hit by delays to cancer care in last 10 months | Cancer
Study finds 11% of patients in cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs | Medical research
More than one in 10 patients admitted to cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs, research has found. Researchers in France tested the urine samples of all patients admitted to cardiac intensive care in 39 French hospitals during a fortnight in April 2021. They found 11% had taken drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine.… Continue reading Study finds 11% of patients in cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs | Medical research
States that protect transgender health care now try to absorb demand
States that declared themselves refuges for transgender people have essentially issued an invitation: Get your gender-affirming health care here without fearing prosecution at home. Now that bans on such care for minors are taking effect around the country — Texas could be next, depending on the outcome of a court hearing this week — patients and their families are… Continue reading States that protect transgender health care now try to absorb demand
Steve Barclay ‘open to’ Scottish and Welsh NHS patients requesting care in England | NHS
Welsh and Scottish patients who are waiting for treatment on lengthy NHS lists could request care on the health service in England, Steve Barclay has said. The health secretary invited ministers from the devolved administrations to discuss different approaches taken to address the record backlogs. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said there… Continue reading Steve Barclay ‘open to’ Scottish and Welsh NHS patients requesting care in England | NHS
Massachusetts couple denied foster care application over LGBTQ views, complaint says
A Massachusetts couple filed a complaint this week against the state’s health secretary and multiple officials in the Department of Children and Families after their application to become foster parents was denied over their stance on LGBTQ people. Michael and Catherine “Kitty” Burke began the monthslong application process with the DCF to foster or adopt… Continue reading Massachusetts couple denied foster care application over LGBTQ views, complaint says