6 articles
• via The Guardian
A high-risk mother's preventable death exposes NHS midwifery breakdowns: exhausted staff, vague warnings, and ignored protocols claim lives amid chronic understaffing.
• via The Times
The Sunday Times revealed this week that at least 22 doctors banned or disciplined overseas are practicing in the NHS with clean UK medical licenses. One had sex with patients. Another missed life-threatening conditions on scans. A third sexually harassed colleagues. The General Medical Council either failed to discover these facts or chose not to disclose them.
• via Telegraph
Instead of providing clear medical advice, the NHS has issued guidance that downplays the genetic risks of first-cousin marriage by emphasizing its cultural and economic "benefits." This reflects a troubling trend where political correctness overrides scientific evidence in public health policy.
• via The Independent
When the CEO of a $700 billion pharmaceutical giant publicly declares that the UK is "probably the worst country in Europe" for drug prices, it's a stark warning sign. Eli Lilly's Dave Ricks isn't just lamenting high taxes; he's signaling a broader institutional failure that's driving investment and innovation out of Britain. This analysis explores how bureaucratic short-termism and irrational pricing schemes are dismantling what was once a global leader in life sciences.
• via The Independent
The NHS announced an AI system to detect patient safety scandals early, following murders by nurse Lucy Letby and 1,200 deaths at Mid Staffordshire Hospital. While positioned as preventive innovation, the technology monitors failures rather than addressing their root cause: chronic understaffing that leaves single nurses caring for 15+ patients. This represents classic institutional decline - sophisticated failure detection replacing basic competence in prevention.
• via Telegraph
While politicians continue proclaiming the NHS as the "envy of the world," British patients are now fleeing to Poland, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic for basic medical care their own healthcare system cannot provide. This isn't medical tourism—it's medical refuge, funded by a health service so broken that paying foreign hospitals has become cheaper than fixing domestic capacity.