UK Govt places emergency ban on private scripts for puberty blockers
The UK has imposed an emergency ban on private puberty blocker prescriptions for gender dysphoria, effectively preventing all doctors from prescribing them outside of clinical…
Tag: Europe
A GP has been banned for climate activism — what are the implications for other doctors?
Dr Maria Neira, director of the WHO’s Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, has called climate change “potentially the greatest health challenge of the…
Infected blood scandal and cover up a ‘day of shame’ for UK: report released
An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3000 deaths and…
As a GP who provides gender-affirming care, I’m rattled by the UK move against puberty blockers
The UK’s Cass Review should not be a blueprint for gender-affirming care in Australia. Headed by paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, the NHS-commissioned review recommends against…
GP practice error in recording a child’s weight may have resulted in his death 17 years later: UK coroner
Alex Reid died in 2021 from COVID-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. It was just six weeks after his second dose of…
More than 30,000 infected with HIV and hepatitis C in blood products scandal: UK inquiry
It has been described as the worst treatment disaster in the 75-year history of the UK’s NHS. More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV…
NHS bans routine use of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria amid safety concerns
NHS England has banned the “routine” prescription of puberty blockers for children and young people with gender dysphoria, claiming there is insufficient evidence of their safety. The decision,…
Anaesthetist suspended for napping during surgery blames tax returns and his weight
An UK anaesthetist has been suspended for six months after falling asleep during a patient’s shoulder surgery. Dr Thomas Herbst blamed his work schedule, being…
Doctors alarmed by UK physician associates performing neurosurgery and toe amputations
UK doctors are becoming increasingly concerned about the expanded role of physician associates, who have reported doing elements of neurosurgery, toe amputations and even surgically…
Rip-off allegations fly as British surgeon paid $15,000 to cover for striking colleague
It didn’t take long for the ‘greedy doctor’ accusations to begin surfacing in response to the first mass walkout by doctors working in England’s NHS.…
