There is only limited evidence that the current approach to continuous observation of patients at risk of harming themselves when on hospital wards is effective, an investigation has concluded.1The report from the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) said that sometimes healthcare providers get false reassurance from a patient being on...

There is only limited evidence that the current approach to continuous observation of patients at risk of harming themselves when on hospital wards is effective, an investigation has concluded.1The report from the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) said that sometimes healthcare providers get false reassurance from a patient being on...

Value for money checks over NHS spending are shrouded in uncertainty owing to audit delays, weaknesses in financial systems, and backlogs, MPs have said. The Commons public accounts committee also raised concerns about the level of money spent on settling clinical negligence cases, which hit £2.6bn in the most recent year.A report from the committee,...

GnosisOne of the most prolific, possibly the most prolific, of all IndoEuropean word roots is the one that is perhaps best represented simply as GN.In his monumental two-volume dictionary, Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch,1 in which he listed German words that are derived from Proto-IndoEuropean roots, the Austro-Czech linguist Julius Pokorny...

The world is on track to meet the World Health Organization’s target of a billion people having better health by 2025, the UN agency’s 2023 report has found.1Improved air quality, access to water and sanitation, and hygiene measures were the biggest drivers of global health improvement, said the report, which covered 174 countries in 2022-23.Access...

I looked after my mum at home, from the point of her clinical diagnosis by her GP to her death (alone in hospital) last year. Kaviraj conveys well how the role of carer is equal in intensity to a full time job.1For me it was like being a junior doctor round-the-clock. My mum lived with dementia, and towards the end I had to be ready for any medical...