‘We’re the sickest country in Europe and we’re not concerned about it’

‘We’re the sickest country in Europe and we’re not concerned about it’

Out of instinctive rebellion against his father’s wishes, as a teenager he resisted becoming a doctor, only giving in at the last moment by ‘scraping into medical school with grades you’d get laughed at today’, including a D in physics. That medical school was St Bartholomew’s in London, where he preferred the social side of … Read more

NHS to raise statin dosage in bid to slash cholesterol

NHS to raise statin dosage in bid to slash cholesterol

Two million people will be advised to boost their statin dose in order to slash their cholesterol levels under new NHS targets. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said the guidance could mean 145,000 fewer heart attacks, strokes and other cardiac incidents in the next decade. For the first time, Nice has … Read more