Midwives at NHS hospitals are recording the "gender identity", "pronouns" and "sexual orientation" of newborn babies in what critics have slammed as a "farcical" and "ludicrous" state of affairs.
As it emerges that the NHS has told midwives not to "stigmatise" cousin marriage because "only 15% lead to birth defects", the Telegraph's Michael Deacon wonders where this pandering to multicultural madness might lead.
In these dull, dank days of January, Dr Rachel Nicoll is pleased to bring the good news that Dr Sarah Myhill, long-persecuted proponent of repurposed treatments during Covid, has again defeated the GMC in a court action.
The eight Darlington nurses were subjected to a "hostile, humiliating and degrading environment" by the NHS after a transgender male colleague was allowed to use female changing rooms, a judge has ruled.
Under the National Hairdressing Service, the people paying the most end up stuck waiting ages because there are no appointments, while others who don't pay a penny seem to jump the queue and get treated first.
The "superflu" fizzled out like every winter bug does, but the media and NHS had everyone panicking anyway, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. We need less drama and more data; we've all seen winters before.
A nurse who says she was attacked by an Afghan migrant in a crowbar rampage in a hospital waiting room alongside five others has revealed the extent of her injuries and said she was "beaten nearly to death".
Rushing the Assisted Dying Bill through the Lords risks cutting corners on a law that lets the state end lives, says Toby in the Telegraph. Taking time to check it properly isn't vandalism – it's just common sense.
Britain relies on double the Western average of foreign doctors and nurses, according to a new report, leaving British doctors “fighting for fewer spots” as the Government chases the “quick fix” of overseas recruitment.
The mainstream media have spent weeks pumping out fear porn over the 'Superflu' crisis supposedly engulfing the NHS. Now as the reality becomes undeniable, even the BBC is rowing back, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
