Health

Published: 26 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Drones could significantly reduce the time needed to deliver defibrillators to people suffering cardiac arrests outside hospitals, according to new research that examines how the technology could expand access to life-saving equipment. Researchers in France have modelled how a network of drone bases could complement existing automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, and potentially bring the devices within reach...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Africa must make a major investment in its universities and rethink the way higher education prepares students for employment, research and public service if the continent is to fully benefit from its rapidly growing young population, public health expert Dr John Nkengasong has said. Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist and veteran public health policymaker, argues that universities across Africa...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online People in parts of England seeking assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism are facing exceptionally long waits, with some NHS bodies introducing minimum waiting periods of up to two years as services struggle to cope with rising demand and financial pressures. The restrictions have intensified concerns among patient organisations, clinicians and families about access to diagnosis...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A policy designed to remove so-called “ghost patients” from GP practice registers in England is facing criticism from doctors who say the accelerated process is inadvertently removing some people who still live locally and depend on their surgeries for essential healthcare. The NHS routinely reviews GP patient lists because people move to different areas, change surgeries or die....

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. More than 450,000 people could die from additional heat linked to the exceptionally powerful El Niño weather phenomenon during the next six months, according to a new estimate by climate scientists, highlighting the growing health risks created when a natural climate cycle develops on top of an already warmer planet. The projected deaths would come between September 2026...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Headteachers across England are raising fresh concerns about the impact of Ofsted’s revised inspection system, with the National Association of Head Teachers saying the new approach is leaving some school leaders feeling overwhelmed, anxious and under intense pressure. The concerns come a year after Ofsted introduced its redesigned inspection framework, which replaced the previous single headline judgement system...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Patrick Clancy, the former husband of Lindsay Clancy, has spoken publicly for the first time in a televised interview about the deaths of their three children and the events surrounding the 2023 tragedy. In an interview broadcast by 60 Minutes on Sunday, Clancy described the devastating period leading up to the killings, his efforts to understand his former...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Twenty women underwent mastectomies that were later found to have been unnecessary while receiving breast cancer care at an NHS trust in north-east England, according to findings from an ongoing review into the service. The cases form part of a much wider investigation that has identified hundreds of patients who suffered harm during treatment at County Durham and...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Disabled people who depend on personal assistants for round-the-clock support are facing renewed calls for clearer national rules governing the use of NHS-funded care when travelling overseas. MPs, peers and disability rights campaigners say people who require substantial assistance should not face different opportunities to travel simply because they live in different parts of the country. The issue...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Children receiving treatment in English hospitals are facing a serious shortage of specialist play support, with new figures indicating that the number of health play professionals available to help young patients cope with illness and medical procedures remains far below recommended levels. The findings have renewed concern about how hospitals support children emotionally as well as clinically. Health...