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Trusts will have to make up inflation gap by cutting staff – leading to longer waiting times, warns NHS Confederation

A new study has estimated that each hospital may need to pay £2 million extra a month over winter.

Around five percent of people who have had Covid-19 develop long-lasting problems with their sense of smell or taste, a large study said Thursday, potentially contributing to the burden of long Covid. A lost sense of smell has been a hallmark of contracting coronavirus since the early days of the…

1 every 20 people who contract COVID have long-term smell or taste problems due to the virus, new research shows

Many people still suffering with symptoms are paying thousands of pounds for treatment at private clinics, but experts say the risks are not explained and there are no proven benefits

An investigation found that people are shelling out tens of thousands of pounds for the 'unproven and risky' treatment.

Many people suffering from long Covid are trying blood treatments abroad at private clinics which experts have said are dangerous as they are not proven and the risks are not explained

Unproven procedures such as apheresis, or ‘blood washing’, and anti-clotting therapy are being offered in Europe

BMJ’s Injury Prevention journal concluded that “trampolining is fun but potentially dangerous” after looking at figures

The new report from the BMJ concluded that trampolining 'is fun but potentially dangerous' and causes a high proportion of broken bones in children

A health leader called on the Government to ‘urgently’ deliver on its manifesto pledge to increase the number of GPs and practice staff