Eleanor Hayward
eleanorhayward.bsky.social
Eleanor Hayward
@eleanorhayward.bsky.social
Health Editor at The Times
At the worst-performing NHS hospitals, 1 in 4 patients have to endure 12 hour waits in A&E after arriving.

Long delays are causing thousands of avoidable deaths.

Story with @gwjournalism.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
The hospitals where 1 in 4 patients wait more than 12 hours in A&E
Doctors warn of ‘life or death’ delays that kill thousands of patients a year as NHS figures reveal the longest waits in the worst-performing emergency units
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Such a powerful and moving piece from
@poppykoronka.bsky.social

Elaine Hudson, a former nurse who had motor neurone disease, died from starvation on Monday. She asked The Times to document her final days ahead of Friday's vote on assisted dying.

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Former nurse used final hours to issue plea on assisted dying
Elaine Hudson, who had motor neurone disease, asked The Times to document her death by starvation before Friday’s vote
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Reposted by Eleanor Hayward
Interested in reading about science and health? ⚛️⚕️

Do follow my colleagues at @thetimes.com:

Science Editor: @whippletom.bsky.social
Science Correspondent: @rhysblakely.bsky.social

Health Editor: @eleanorhayward.bsky.social
Health Correspondent: @poppykoronka.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Interview with Dr Michael Dixon, the King's doctor and head of the royal medical household.

On homeopathy, hypnotising himself to be happy, herb gardens and the problems with the "toxic" NHS.

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
King Charles’s doctor: If homeopathy helps patients, what’s the problem?
Dr Michael Dixon believes too many people are taking too many pills, and the health of communities could be improved by social prescribing
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:01 PM