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Medical Council to publish position paper on AI in medicine later this year
Announcement made at sixteenth International Conference on Medical Regulation taking place in Dublin this week
Chickenpox danger warning as parents urged to look out for early symptoms in children
Children experiencing certain symptoms should be immediately kept away from school
Resilient Care
The private healthcare sector often finds itself at the intersection of crisis and opportunity.
‘Hi-tech’ hearing aids are also available on the NHS
Letters ‘Hi-tech’ hearing aids are also available on the NHS Raymond Antrobus may have switched to a private audiology clinic, but NHS provision isn’t so bad, says Rob Voakes Fri 15 Aug 2025 15.53 BST Share The closing paragraphs of Lucy Knight’s article (‘I’m carrying survivor’s guilt’: Raymond Antrobus on growing up deaf, 9 August) may have left readers with a misleading impression of the services and quality of hearing aids provided by the NHS.
Music festivals partnering with pouches that ‘addict a new generation to nicotine’
Nicotine pouches are addicting a new generation to the harmful drug, a clinical professor in public health has said, as calls mount for legislation to be introduced to combat the promotion of these dangerous products.
Nine-in-ten guidance counsellors report rise in student anxiety
Survey highlights counsellors’ fears that students are unable to cope with everyday stressors due to social media influence, phone misuse and disrupted sleep patterns
Hygiene, infection control and healthcare concerns raised in new nursing home reports
Tinnypark Nursing Home in Derdimus, Kilkenny found non-compliant in ten areas, while eight breaches were uncovered in Beech Lodge, Bruree, Limerick, and seven in St Camillus Nursing Centre, Killucan, Westmeath
Texas teen hospitalized with severe burns after TikTok experiment goes horribly wrong: ‘My shirt was on fire’
Twelve-year-old Caden Ballard and his older brother saw a video on the social media app which involved putting rubbing alcohol into a bottle and setting it on fire, making flames shoot up the bottle
Failings in mental health care demand quicker and more decisive action
Editorial: Mental health services must not be allowed to shut themselves off from patients’ families. It is too late to secure justice for young people like Ruth Szymankiewicz, but it can never be too late to learn lessons from hospital failures
Care evolution
Private healthcare stands not at a crossroads but on the cusp of a positive shift, where accountability, sustainable practices, and transformative technology converge to create a more resilient and forward-looking system.
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