Patients articles
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McDonald's Sheffield: Patient taken to hospital after emergency at burger restaurant
Emergency services were called to a Sheffield McDonald’s restaurant after a customer was suddenly taken ill at the venue. Yorkshire Ambulance Service sent one of its teams the the chain’s restaurant on Tuesday lunchtime after an emergency call had been made because of concerns over the person. Sign up for our free newsletters now Yorkshire Ambulance Service confirmed they had been called out to the venue, near Granville Square in the city. The service said in a statement: “Ambulance resources...
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Trans patients to be treated in separate rooms in hospital under Tory plans
Ministers accused of dragging NHS into ‘culture wars debate’ with proposal for patient rights updateTransgender people will be treated in single rooms in hospitals in England under new government plans to update the NHS constitution.The proposal follows a pledge last year by the then health secretary Steve Barclay to prevent people who had changed their gender identity from being treated on male-only or female-only wards. Continue reading
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The cancer drugs that could improve survival rates if given to patients in the morning
A study has found that people with terminal lung or skin cancers lived twice as long if they received immunotherapy drugs - at the start of the day instead of after lunchtime.