The British National Health System

11/12/2023

Super-strength street drugs more powerful than he**in have been linked to at least 54 deaths in the UK in the last six months, the BBC has been told.
The deaths are all linked to synthetic opioids called nitazenes, which experts fear are being manufactured in labs and then imported into the UK from China.
However, the true total could be higher - the National Crime Agency (NCA) said 40 more cases awaited further testing.
The UK government plans to classify 15 new synthetic opioids as Class A drugs.
Nitazenes first made news in the UK in 2021, when an 18-year-old patient was treated for a non-fatal overdose.
Experts say the new drugs can be stronger than both he**in and fentanyl, another synthetic opioid, which is a leading killer in the US - contributing to 75,000 deaths last year.

03/12/2023

Today, scientific progress, cultural sensibilities and ethics often find themselves on a collision course. Recent advances in medical science and technology confront us with unprecedented possibilities but also complex dilemmas about patient safety and the value of human life.
The Lancet report highlights how learning about the history of health practice can prepare medical practitioners for confronting these and other challenges about the role of their profession in the 21st century.
More broadly, history-informed identities can also help undermine the deeper cultural and social biases that often weaken the moral resolve of whole societies, medical professionals included, and make the most radical form of evil possible, in small, unspectacular steps.

03/12/2023

Just remember,,,,

What Government really think?Families of Covid victims to confront Johnson at inquiry over ‘Let the bodies pile high’ comment Attending the inquiry midweek with photos of relatives, Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice will unveil a powerful billboard

03/12/2023

Extraordinary evil involves a total moral collapse across society caused by failure of individual humanity and ethical judgment. This was the conclusion of the philosopher Hannah Arendt after witnessing the trial of Adolf Eichmann – the chief architect of the Holocaust – in Jerusalem.
Medicine, which is supposed to alleviate human suffering, became a willing accomplice in N**i mass murder. Although medical professionals had been involved in abusive practices on human subjects and populations before, under N**i rule the scale of their professional lapse was extreme in every respect.
Even before they launched the “final solution” against the Jews, N**i authorities had already engaged in a covert, murderous project directed at people with disabilities in Germany. The T-4 “euthanasia” programme marked a terrifying climax of trends in medicine that was long in the making – and not unique to Germany.
These and other related failings of medical practice in the Third Reich were the subject of the Lancet Commission on medicine, N**ism, and the Holocaust. The conclusions were recently published in a comprehensive report. The report was accepted for publication before October 7 – the date of the Hamas attack on Israel.
The report highlights the urgent need to expand our understanding of the history of medicine in N**i Germany in order to “emphasise the unique opportunities and responsibilities of health professionals” to eliminate antisemitism and racism, and to protect “vulnerable populations against stigmatisation and discrimination”.

02/12/2023

Early symptoms of measles as doctors issue urgent message about spread of disease
Health experts say low vaccine take-up has given disease a 'foothold'

27/11/2023

NHS Consultants Settle Strike ???

09/09/2023

RAAC concrete scandal: The crumbling NHS hospital with ‘al fresco’ care is a symbol of failing Britain
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn isn’t 'at risk' - it’s falling to bits. Whoever wins the next general election has a monumental task

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn isn’t 'at risk' - it’s falling to bits. Whoever wins the next general election has a monumental task

09/09/2023

COVID outbreak in care home sparks 28 cases of new variant

A total of 28 cases of a new COVID variant were from a single outbreak in a care home, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.