7 new community diagnostic centres to offer more patients life-saving checks

7 new community diagnostic centres to offer more patients life-saving checks

7 new community diagnostic centres will open to provide quicker diagnoses to patients –  a step forward in the government’s plan to roll out 160 by 2025 More than 1.7 million tests,... Read more »
Ukraine war: 21 Ukrainian children arrive in UK for life-saving treatment, as ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme rolls out | UK News

Ukraine war: 21 Ukrainian children arrive in UK for life-saving treatment, as ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme rolls out | UK News

Twenty-one Ukrainian children suffering from cancer have arrived in the UK to receive life-saving care – as Britons are being urged to open their homes to people fleeing the war. The children... Read more »
‘I’m trans and I’ve waited 3 years for lifesaving NHS treatment – I can’t wait any longer’

‘I’m trans and I’ve waited 3 years for lifesaving NHS treatment – I can’t wait any longer’

Transgender youth in London are facing a crisis with long waiting times for Gender Clinic appointments, gender dysphoria and body issues leading to a rise in mental health problems and being forced... Read more »
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London Covid: Latest case rates in all boroughs as 230 Londoners currently on life-saving ventilators

A record high of 162,572 new Covid cases has been reported in England and Wales today, along with a further 154 coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to official data.... Read more »
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HIV patient inside detention centre without life-saving medication for 17 days

A HIV patient inside a UK detention centre has been left without life-saving medication for 17 days. The man, who has asked for anonymity, was first detained at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre... Read more »
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Mum of boy who can’t express pain opens up about wait for lifesaving operation: ‘No child deserves to go through this’

Being a parent there are some things you never want to hear. For east Londoner, Francine Awasisa, of Hornchurch, this happened while away in Congo, over 6,500km from her son Iverson. The... Read more »

Critically ill teenager, 17, with Covid becomes first to receive life-saving drug at Tooting hospital

A 17-year-old critically ill Covid patient and TikTok star has become first in the UK to receive a ground-breaking antibody treatment at a hospital in Tooting. Max Khadar was the first to... Read more »
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Family of south-east London brain tumour boy appeal for funds for life-saving treatment in Germany – South London News

The family of a boy whose brain tumour surgery was delayed due to Covid have raised more than £69,000 of a half-a-million pound target for treatment abroad. Parents of Alexander Josephs, aged... Read more »
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‘The ice of grief is only just beginning to melt’: Inspiring women say meeting each other was ‘life-saving’ after losing husbands to same type of tumour

Diana Nilsson Shafikova, 35, met her husband Gunnar when he was visiting her home-city of Moscow. She was 21 and about to graduate from university, he was 14 years older and an... Read more »
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Antrim family’s fundraising appeal for ‘lifesaving cancer treatment’ for beloved sister

A Co Antrim household has began an appeal to assist elevate funds for cancer therapy for their beloved sister. 51-year-old Sharon Ellis was identified with Stage 2B ovarian cancer in 2017 and... Read more »