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[ad_1] Jim ReedHealth reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe provision of PPE for healthcare workers is being explored in this part of the Covid inquiry (stock image)The chair of the Covid inquiry has refused an application from the UK Health Security Agency to keep the identities of two junior clinicians secret.Lawyers for UKHSA applied for an order preventing publication of their names, on the grounds they could be subject to abuse and

[ad_1] UKHSA's Prof Susan Hopkins questioned over face masks at Covid inquiry.There is only “weak evidence” that high-grade face masks better protected health workers than surgical ones in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has been told.Prof Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said respirator masks – known as FFP3s – may have performed no better than thin surgical masks in real-life situations.She said there

[ad_1] Jim Reed,Health reporter, BBC News and Yaya Egwaikhide,Health producer, BBC NewsBBCDame Ruth May was England's chief nurse from 2019 until she retired in July 2024Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic, with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment, according to England’s former chief nurse.Dame Ruth May told the Covid inquiry the NHS had been understaffed in 2020, in part because of the “catastrophic decision” to cut financial

[ad_1] Catherine BurnsHealth CorrespondentBBCThe number of people taking ADHD medication is at a record high – and the NHS is feeling the strain as it tries to diagnose and treat the condition.Since 2015, the number of patients in England prescribed drugs to treat ADHD has nearly trebled, and BBC research suggests that it would take eight years to assess all the adults on waiting lists.Last year, ADHD was the second-most

[ad_1] Nick TriggleHealth correspondentBBCIt had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute - responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments.And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the British Medical Association was recommending that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a fresh offer from the new government.It sounded almost too good to be true. And now some are wondering if it might be.What’s the deal?Last Friday,

[ad_1] The measurements are done. The scientists know how my body performs in a pleasant 21C. So the fans kick in and a cool breeze gradually lowers the temperature in the chamber. "Your brain is tasting your blood as we speak and it's tasting the temperature and the brain is now sending signals to the rest of your body," Prof Bailey tells me. The goal is to keep my core