Over the past few weeks you have, no doubt, seen the various challenges and fundraisers circulating around social media. Run 5, Donate 5, Nominate 5. The 2.6 Challenge. And most importantly, Captain Tom Moore, who […]
Engineering School Makes Venturi Valve for Ventilators from 3-D Printers
In response to the increased demand for respiratory support, as well as the shortage of medical equipment, researchers from University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust […]
The NHS Cares For Us, But Who’s Caring For The NHS?
The 99-year-old war veteran Captain Tom Moore has raised more than £27 million for the NHS by walking one hundred lengths of his back garden – an unbelievable and astounding story of both public generosity […]
Small businesses care about us. Let us repay the favour
We are living in a country that has mostly adjusted to our new limited freedoms, waiting for the lockdown to be eased and for the right, scientific path to be followed. One of the constructive […]
The media has a responsibility to report on COVID-19 deaths
Good Friday saw the UK set yet another unwelcome record in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, as nine hundred and eighty patients died in a twenty-four-hour period in hospitals across the country. It marks the largest […]
South Korea’s Response To COVID-19
Despite the number of coronavirus cases skyrocketing in South Korea, the country has managed to obtain a low fatality rate, as well as seeing a decrease in their daily rise in the past week. Whilst […]
Coronavirus Declared “The Worst Public Health Crisis for a Generation”
The World Health Organisation has declared the recent outbreak of Coronavirus to be a pandemic. With over 1543 reported cases in the UK as of 9 am 16th March 2020, Boris Johnson has called the […]
Gender Bias in the Healthcare System
Gender bias in healthcare occurs when genders are not offered equal quality of treatments and care for the same medical complaints, or when variable manifestations of disease are not considered based on sex. Increasingly, researchers […]
NHS Hospitals Installing Sleep Pods to Give Staff Rest
NHS workers faced with long gruelling shifts are being given the chance to take a power nap as a growing number of hospitals are bringing in sleep pods for staff. The pods have been installed […]
We Are Failing Our Homeless
Crouched over in a bus stop we find him, barely able to stand due to the pain of his leg. Someone set fire to his sleeping bag, he tells us, and the result is a […]
The NHS Is Not A Political Football
With the General Election campaign underway, it is inevitable and understandable for the issue of the NHS to be brought up by both major parties. It is easy logic; the NHS is a symbol of […]
NHS launches new gambling addiction clinic in Leeds
In September, a new clinic for gambling addiction was opened in Leeds. It is the first of it’s kind outside of London, as part of the new NHS Northern Gambling Service in partnership with the […]