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A recent NHS report identifies the worrying gaps in patient advocacy, especially in complex medical situations such as end-of-life care planning. One study highlights that patients’ voices are sometimes overshadowed in care discussions, which can affect their understanding and involvement...

A pilot year-long project studying the inequality in access to psychological care within childhood brain tumour services, and the implications on access to clinical trials, has been launched by a team at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle....

CHARGING elephants and capsizing in hippo-filled waters were just two of the dangers overcome by three wheelchair adventurers who have become the first paraplegics to canoe nearly 300km down the Zambezi River. Shaun Gash, Michelle Moffatt and Liam Morris completed...

A breakthrough drug, proven to substantially slow the progression of the small proportion of people with motor neurone disease (MND) who have the SOD1 genetic change, is a step closer to being approved following a successful MND Association campaign. The...

A Midlands-founded charity which supports people nationwide living with head and neck cancer has appointed a new trustee.  Robert Spittle, managing director of Guest Motor Group – one of the country's largest commercial vehicle dealers with 15 sites including Birmingham,...