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New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill to Louisiana patient

New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill to Louisiana patient

A New York state doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury Friday for prescribing abortion medication via telehealth to a woman in the state.    Grand jurors in Baton Rouge indicted Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, along with her company Nightingale Medical, PC, and a second person. Carpenter, a doctor and co-founder of the New […]

Parkinson's patient 'feels cured' with new device

Parkinson's patient 'feels cured' with new device

Sharon Barbour BBC North East & Cumbria health correspondent BBC Kevin Hill said he is able to go for days now without thinking about his Parkinson’s A man fitted with a pioneering, computer-controlled brain implant to tackle his Parkinson’s disease says it works so well he is sometimes able to forget he has the condition. […]

Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says

Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says

A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed mutations that may result in the virus becoming more transmissible among humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The agency in its latest update released Thursday said the mutations were not found in […]

£90,000-a-year patient safety role remains unfilled

£90,000-a-year patient safety role remains unfilled

Charlie Bethune, whose daughter’s health has been affected from her exposure to sodium valproate, has been campaigning for the recommendations of the Cumberledge report to be implemented in Scotland since they were accepted in full by the Scottish government in 2020. He said: “It is incredibly frustrating that after all the work we, and other […]

Hospitals write off £112m in foreign patient bills

Hospitals write off £112m in foreign patient bills

The British Medical Association (BMA) has been consistently critical of the charging policy, arguing that it deters vulnerable groups from accessing necessary healthcare while diverting NHS staff time away from patient care. Patients like Beni, who asked the BBC to change his name, say it can be devastating. A disabled man applying for UK residency, […]

Nurse said she would have drowned patient at birth

Nurse said she would have drowned patient at birth

On another occasion she told a colleague to “kiss my white a**” – a comment she said she made as “banter” in an attempt to fit in after moving from a private hospital. Finally, Mrs Warmington also suggested a patient could go to a crisis house, even though doing so was not considered to be […]

Diabetic patient used social media to find insulin

Diabetic patient used social media to find insulin

A spokesperson for Betsi Cadwaladr health board said: “Community pharmacies would not routinely contact patients directly around medicines shortages because the actions taken by healthcare professionals will mean the majority of patients do not experience any disruption to the supply of their medicines.” The Welsh government said it would not routinely communicate such information directly […]

NHS confirms patient data stolen in cyber attack

NHS confirms patient data stolen in cyber attack

NHS England has confirmed its patient data managed by blood test management organisation Synnovis was stolen in a ransomware attack on 3 June. Qilin, a Russian cyber-criminal group, shared almost 400GB of private information on their darknet site on Thursday night, something they threatened to do in order to extort money from Synnovis. In a […]

Widespread NHS computer issues linked to patient harm

Widespread NHS computer issues linked to patient harm

Separate to our FOI investigation, coroners have highlighted the role that hospital IT systems have played in the deaths of some patients. Twenty-two-year-old Darnell Smith’s case is one example. “He was our rock, you know. He had a big personality. Words can’t really explain how much he was to us…” says Erroll Smith of his […]

White House moves to protect patient abortion records

White House moves to protect patient abortion records

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule Monday blocking the disclosure of protected health information to aid in the investigation or litigation of patients or providers involved in legal reproductive health care. The rule issued by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) prohibits providers, clearing houses and their business […]