Contaminated-blood inquiry: Former Health Minister Clarke denies responsibility
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Lord Clarke is the first senior health minister from the 1980s to testify on the NHS scandal. BBC News – Health
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Health Care Should Go (Micro) Nuclear
By KIM BELLARD I think of hospitals as the healthcare system’s nuclear power plants. They’re both big, complex, expensive to build, beset with heavy regulatory burdens, consistently major components of their respective systems (healthcare and electric generation) yet declining in number. Each is seen to offer benefits to many but also to pose unexpected risk… Read More »
Health Anxiety Common as COVID Restrictions Loosen
July 14, 2021 — As restrictions lift and mask mandates become scarce, Americans are filling their social calendars and booking vacations. While some are rejoicing, health care professionals say others are emerging from the pandemic with more health-related fears. COVID-19 has caused more anxiety and depression for many over the course of the pandemic. A… Read More »
Dollar General, the Latest Retail Health Destination?
“What if…healthcare happened where we live, work, play, pray and shop, delivering the highest levels of retail experience?” I asked and answered in my book HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. The chapter called “The new retail health” began with that “what if,” and much of the book responded with the explanation of patients… Read More »
Hancock quits as health secretary after breaching Covid guidance
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The former health secretary apologises after footage emerged of him kissing a colleague. BBC News – Health