LONDON — The publicly funded health service in England has decided it will not routinely offer puberty-blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics, saying more evidence is needed about the potential benefits and harms.
The National Health Service said Friday that “outside of a research setting, puberty-suppressing hormones should not be routinely commissioned for children and adolescents.”
People under 18 can still be given puberty blockers in exceptional circumstances, the NHS says, and a clinical study on their impact on kids is due to start by next year.
Four new regional clinics are due to open later this year.…
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Comparing health care costs at Utah hospitals, the patient rights group finds transparency problems
We just got out of our open enrollment period at The Tribune, and I wasn’t especially happy with what I saw this year.
To The Tribune’s credit, our health insurance plan premiums didn’t rise. But everything else was bad news. You see, the deductible rose significantly — by 66% year-over-year. And just as bad, the amount of each procedure our insurance would pay for dropped by 10 percentage points, nearly across the board. Not great, Bob.
I tell you this is not to try to garner sympathy, but out of empathy for you all. It turned out most Americans, like…
ER staff say recruit more doctors, nurses or risk worse conditions
Resuscitating trauma patients on the floor of emergency rooms and examining sick people on stretchers instead of beds has become an increasingly tough reality for staff, says the head of a group that represents ER physicians across the country.
Dr. Michael Howlett of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) said overcrowding in emergency departments has worsened as patients who fear going to hospital during the pandemic are now sicker and many more people no longer have family doctors.
“Seeing patients in hallways, on floors for resuscitation, is a real crisis in health care in a first-world country,” said Howlett,…
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This rural California county lost its only hospital, leaving residents with direct health care choices
MADERA, Calif. — It was dinnertime when Sabrina Baker, a mother of six, felt the familiar twinge of contractions.
[–At first, she brushed it off as Braxton Hicks, false labor pains not uncommon in the late stages of pregnancy. But after dinner that night in early January, the pain sharpened and radiated to her back. The contractions intensified, and Baker knew this baby girl was coming fast.
[–She had a decision to make — and the options weren’t good.
[–Two days earlier, Madera County’s only general hospital had shut its doors. The abrupt closure of Madera Community…
National medical organizations call on premiers to focus on health care reform
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The Council of the Federation is set to meet July 10-12 in Winnipeg. When they do, the continuing crisis facing health care systems across the country must be at the top of the agenda, said Alika Lafontaine, president of the Canadian Medical Association.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
Physician and nurse advocacy groups from across the country are issuing an urgent call for premiers to make health reform a top priority when they meet next month, as patients struggle to get timely access to care and many hospitals are overwhelmed because of staffing shortages.
A letter published…
Health care should remain top priority for premiers amid ER crunch: groups – National
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The Canadian Medical Association and 14 other organizations representing health workers are urgent premiers to keep health care at the top of the agenda at their next meeting in July.
The provincial and territorial leaders met several times last year to compare notes on the health-care crisis and call on the federal government to give them more money to fix it.
In February, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a deal that would see Ottawa give $196 billion for the Canada Health…
Compass Medical files for bankruptcy after sudden closure – Boston News, Weather, Sports
Health care provider Compass Medical has filed for bankruptcy after abruptly closing its practices last week, records show.
Compass had locations in Quincy, Braintree, East Bridgewater, Easton, Middleborough and Taunton. It then confirmed an “imminent plan” to close its practices on Wednesday of last week, leaving hundreds without a job and thousands with health care headaches.
The company is now facing a class-action lawsuit that has said, in part, Compass’ sudden closure placed patients “…in the chaotic, stressful, disruptive, and unsafe position of having to scramble to find new medical providers, to fill and/ or refill prescriptions, to schedule and/or…