Children in England will no longer receive puberty blocker prescriptions, the National Health Service (NHS) of England said, confirming that the medicine will only be provided to youth who were taking part in clinical research trials. Children can still receive puberty blockers through some private practices. Puberty blockers are used to delay the onset of … Read more
A coroner has issued a warning after a 24-year-old man died of skin cancer following his decision not to pay for a private medical test that may have caught the disease. Gregor Lynn went to his GP in 2019 complaining about a “nuisance” lesion on the back of his neck but was told it did … Read more
LONDON — Doctors in the early stages of their careers in England started a 72-hour strike Wednesday in their long-running dispute with the British government over pay levels. Patients in Britain’s state-owned National Health Service have been warned that there will be “significant disruption,” with thousands of appointments and procedures postponed or even canceled. The … Read more