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British minister Oliver Dowden said the government "will not budge on its pay policy", ruling out any increases for nurses. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union said it would "escalate protests" if the government did not start wage negotiations "within 48 hours of starting Tuesday's strike".more

After the abrupt lifting of strict pandemic restrictions, the first large wave of Covid-19 in the country is spreading across China. According to Western media, there are already signs of an increasing number of deaths in Beijing, although it is not visible in the official statistics.more

Due to the increase in inflation, more than half of Poles experience deterioration of mental health. This group has grown by over 7 p.p. in four months. Currently, this problem is mainly faced by young people from small towns. The most common symptom is constant anxiety, which affects as many as 60% of respondents, according to a cyclical public opinion poll.more

The number of scabies patients in the Netherlands has doubled in a year and continues to grow, reports RTL Nieuws. Doctors indicate that young Dutch people are most often affected.more

The number of hospital admissions due to flu is rising in the UK, overtaking - for the first time since the start of the pandemic - the number of admissions due to coronavirus. According to the media, NHS staff are concerned about the growing pressure and indicate that they have not experienced such a flu season in a long time.more

Here is the full list of medications affected by the Department for Health protocol.more

Clinicians warn of the UK’s ‘biggest cancer crisis ever’ as record-breaking treatment waiting times have become normalised.more

"Currently, two new Omicron mutations - subvariants BQ.1 and BQ 1.1 - are dominant in Europe. Any moment now, we expect these viruses to reach Poland as well and become dominant in our country," - claims virologist Professor Agnieszka Szuster-Ciesielska. She estimates, however, that there is very little chance of the XBB strain becoming dominant in Europe.more

Health watchdog Hiqa has warned patients are not protected from harm in three out of seven hospital emergency departments inspected with at least one patient waiting 116 hours on a trolley. more

Up to 100,000 nurses from England, Wales and Northern Ireland are today taking part in the first mass strike in the 106-year history of their professional body, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The nurses are demanding pay rises of 19 per cent.more

The Estonian doctors, family doctors, infectious diseases and nurses' association of Estonia supported in a joint statement granting school nurses the right to vaccinate "students who are able to reason independently, even if their parents do not agree," Postimees reported.more

Alcoholics will be given ketamine-assisted therapy as part of a £2.4 million phase three trial to see if it helps them stay off alcohol for longer. more

People are still waking, skating and posing for photos on top of frozen lakes even after three boys died from falling through the ice. more

Royal College of Nursing leader criticises ‘belligerence’ in meeting with Steve Barclay at which ministers refused to discuss pay.more

GPs are inundated with demands for antibiotics at a time when pharmacists have warned supplies of some products for respiratory illnesses are at a 25-year low.more

A federal appeals court has blocked a requirement by President Joe Biden's administration that Catholic doctors provide medical services to transgender people. He argued that it was against their conscience, Fox News reported.more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has again recommended the wearing of masks in New York, Los Angeles, and wherever Covid-19 cases are increasing. 13.7 percent of Americans live in communities affected by high levels of infection.more

The success of the Mayor’s policies in tackling air pollution in London have been highlighted by the Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty in a major national report urging faster action to improve air quality and tackle all sources of air pollution across the country. more

Indisputable research shows that long Covid exists and is giving us a hard time - noted virologist Prof. Agnieszka Szuster-Ciesielska. She added that up to two years after infection, children may remain at risk of encephalitis, and adults at risk of mood disorders.more

The number of children who have died in the UK in recent weeks from infection with a rare invasive form of group A strep has risen to 15, which is spreading more strongly than usual this year, the British Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) said yesterday.more

The number of people smoking in the UK dropped to its lowest level on record last year but more people were using e-cigarettes, new figures have revealed. more

The Czech Republic lacks some medicines, including painkillers and basic antibiotics; Czechs go to Poland for them or look for them on the Internet, informs the daily "Hospodarzske Noviny". Doctors and pharmacists claim that these are the greatest shortages of certain drugs in history.more

The court in Lyon ordered the German company Bayer to pay French farmer Paul Francois compensation in the amount of EUR 11,135 for pesticide poisoning, reported the daily Le Monde. Francois demanded compensation in the amount of one million euros.more

Ambulance staff across most of England and Wales will go on strike on 21 December in a dispute over pay. more

More of us are dying all the time than before the pandemic. In 48 weeks this year, 408,000 people died in Poland. This is 30 thousand more than in 2019. - writes today's 'Dziennik Gazeta Prawna'.more