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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reveals 'scary' medical condition after giving birth
BRITAIN-ROYALS/MEGHAN (PIX):Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reveals 'scary' medical condition after giving birth
Updated on Apr 08, 2025 09:19 PM IST
Reuters |
UK makes history with first baby born from a transplanted womb
The news gives hope to thousands of women born without a womb or whose womb fails to function.
Published on Apr 08, 2025 06:40 PM IST
PA_Media |
Carrie Johnson spends almost a week in hospital with pneumonia and flu
Carrie Johnson praised NHS nurses and doctors as ‘the best people on earth’ in her Instagram post.
Published on Jan 11, 2025 09:06 PM IST
PA_Media |
Flu surge in England forces hospitals to impose visitor restrictions
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has reduced visiting in hospitals due to the rising numbers of flu, Covid and other winter illnesses.
Published on Jan 04, 2025 09:30 AM IST
PA_Media |
UK health services under strain after record flu, Norovirus cases
Hospitals are dealing with quadruple the number of flu cases they were last year.
Published on Dec 06, 2024 06:59 AM IST
PA Media |
UK's National Health Service owes so much to Indian diaspora: Minister
UK's National Health Service owes so much to Indian diaspora: Minister
Published on Oct 24, 2024 09:00 AM IST
PTI |
Punjab-origin British woman dies after accidentally taking husband’s medicine
UK coroner blames ‘identical’ pill boxes; issues warning to the state-funded National Health Service
Updated on Oct 17, 2024 08:26 AM IST
Press Trust of India, London
UK health minister proposes 'life-changing' weight loss jabs for unemployed
UK Health Minister Wes Streeting proposed weight loss jabs for the unemployed to combat obesity and boost employment, easing NHS pressures.
Published on Oct 15, 2024 05:56 PM IST
University of East Anglia introduces £4000 scholarship for Indian graduates
Worth £4,000, the scholarship which is annually for the entire programme duration aims to help Indian students aspiring to build careers in biomedical science
Updated on Oct 10, 2024 07:51 AM IST
Immigration Update: What you need to know about the UK’s health & care visa
Facing immense shortage of heath & care workers, the UK granted 77,700 long-term work visas to care workers - a six-fold increase from YoY 2022.
Published on Jan 10, 2024 12:42 PM IST
Preeti Verma Lal, New Delhi
The University of Sheffield invites applications for Sept 2024 intake
Students will also have opportunities to explore the wider implications of genetics in fields such as genomics, human fertility, stem cells and cancer biology.
Published on Oct 22, 2023 06:41 PM IST
HT Education Desk, New Delhi
Meet Indian-origin doctor who helped catch UK nurse guilty of killing 7 newborns
Dr Ravi Jayaram is a UK-born Indian-origin consultant paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northern England.
Updated on Aug 19, 2023 12:19 PM IST
'No beds…not enough doctors': What's happening at UK hospitals?
The situation is being described as the worst crisis since the NHS was set up in 1948, with a particular focus on accident and emergency (A&E) but which also includes longer waiting times for other appointments and treatment.
Published on Jan 18, 2023 10:57 PM IST
AFP |
Sunak tells leaders a bold approach will fix National Health Service: Report
Rishi Sunak hosted a “recovery forum” of health professionals and officials at Downing Street on Saturday that was first announced last night to address issues including improving emergency treatment and speeding up social-care discharge.
Published on Jan 08, 2023 05:16 AM IST
Bloomberg |
Rishi Sunak: British Prime Minister in waiting?
The UK-born son of a pharmacist mother and a National Health Service (NHS) general practitioner (GP) father is an Oxford University and Stanford graduate.
Published on Jan 14, 2022 09:45 PM IST
PTI | , London
High-grade FFP3 masks can provide up to 100% protection against Covid-19: Study
The study showed a significant drop in infections among frontline hospital staff after their face masks were upgraded from fluid resistant surgical masks to FFP3 respirators.
Published on Jun 29, 2021 05:28 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UK may ask NHS workers to take vaccine against Covid-19, opposition up in arms
Nadhim Zahawi, the UK's vaccine minister, told Sky News on Sunday that officials were considering the move in hopes of preventing medical workers from spreading Covid-19 to their patients.
Published on May 30, 2021 10:23 PM IST
AP |
UK reducing size of NHS contact tracing workforce as Covid-19 cases fall
The statement did not specify by how much the staff is being reduced. It said that NHS Test and Trace has contacted almost 10 million people since it began.
Published on May 01, 2021 05:26 AM IST
Reuters | , London
UK to use a National Health Service phone app as vaccine passport
So-called vaccine passports could range from a digital certificate with a scannable QR code in the European Union, to a National Health Service (NHS) phone app in the United Kingdom, or a humble piece of paper in some other countries.
_1619610643501_1619610660912.jpg "UK to use a National Health Service phone app as vaccine passport(Twitter/Zuhlke_UK)")
Updated on Apr 28, 2021 05:23 PM IST
Reuters |
Picasso, Miro as well as Banksy's painting tribute to Britain's NHS up for sale
Christie's 20th Century Art sale in London on March 23 to auction Picasso's 'Femme nue couchée au collier', Joan Miro's 'Peinture' as well as elusive British street artist - Banksy's 'Game Changer' among other artworks
Updated on Mar 17, 2021 09:28 AM IST
Reuters |
Three local UK companies to make rapid Covid-19 tests: Report
The companies will produce as many as two million lateral flow devices a week for the country, according to the report.
Published on Feb 07, 2021 02:27 PM IST
Bloomberg |
UK launches new global platform to track new Covid-19 variants
Countries will be offered UK capacity to analyse new strains of the virus through the launch of the platform led by Public Health England (PHE).
Published on Jan 26, 2021 07:45 PM IST
PTI | , London
NHS England plans to vaccinate frontline staff against Covid in next few weeks
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the NHS was under severe strain, as Britain recorded its highest daily death toll on Friday and London hospitals were at the risk of being overwhelmed.
Published on Jan 09, 2021 10:08 AM IST
Reuters | hindustantimes.com