Health

Published: 16 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Ministers are expected to support measures to regulate England’s funeral industry for the first time, following a series of scandals over the handling of human remains. Bereaved families have long called for tighter rules, including a dedicated investigatory body and professional qualifications for those running funeral businesses, after an official inquiry described the sector as an “unregulated free...

Published: 15 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A growing number of people in England are resorting to pulling their own teeth due to a lack of accessible urgent dental care, a new report from Healthwatch England has revealed. Despite NHS guidance ensuring urgent care should be available, many patients report being left in extreme pain, sometimes resorting to dangerous self-treatment to manage their condition. The...

Published: 12 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A public inquiry will examine failings at a north-east NHS trust following multiple patient deaths, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed. The announcement came during a visit to Darlington, where he met families affected by tragic incidents at hospitals run by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, headquartered in County Durham. The inquiry will investigate the...

Published: 12 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The NHS is preparing for its most severe winter crisis in decades as rising flu cases put hospitals under extraordinary pressure. Medical services across the country face unprecedented demand, with emergency departments, GP surgeries, and ambulance services already struggling to cope with record patient numbers. Health leaders warn that conditions are set to worsen in the coming fortnight,...

Published: 10 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Doctors in the UK have raised serious health concerns after reporting a case linking high energy drink consumption to heart disease and stroke risk. An otherwise healthy man in his fifties suffered a stroke, leaving him with permanent numbness in his hands and feet, after consuming an average of eight energy drinks daily. These drinks, widely available worldwide,...

Published: 10 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Corridor care has become a widespread and urgent problem across UK hospitals, doctors have warned, as a new study reveals alarming statistics on the practice. One in five patients admitted to emergency departments is reportedly treated in hallways, offices, cupboards, or other unsuitable areas, exposing them to unsafe and undignified conditions. Researchers say the phenomenon is routine, despite...

Published: 09 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Victims of NHS maternity failings in England have endured care described as “unacceptable,” resulting in tragic consequences for both mothers and babies. An early report from the national maternity and neonatal investigation (NMNI), led by Valerie Amos, revealed that changes across NHS services have been far too slow, despite urgent calls for reform. Lady Amos shared her initial...

Published: 08 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Fifteen of Britain’s leading mental health organisations have issued a powerful warning to the government. They fear that new official guidance on single-sex spaces could seriously damage the mental wellbeing of transgender and non-binary people across the country. In an open letter sent to Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson, charities including Samaritans, Mind, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and...

Published: 05 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Kenya has signed a landmark five-year health agreement with the United States, marking the first such pact since Donald Trump's administration overhauled its foreign aid programme. Valued at $2.5bn (£1.9bn), the agreement is aimed at combating infectious diseases in Kenya, with similar deals expected to extend to other African nations aligned with the former president’s broader foreign policy...

Published: 05 December 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Older people living with frailty are being let down by general practitioners across England, according to a hard-hitting report from the National Audit Office released today. The independent public spending watchdog has revealed that GPs are identifying and supporting far fewer frail patients than they did just a few years ago, leaving hundreds of thousands at greater risk...