GP says calls for longer appointments could help reduce the overall number of appointments required
Backing calls from the Royal College of GPs for doctor’s appointments to be extended from 10 minutes to 15 minutes, Dr Anup Mazumdar said he believes longer consultations could prevent the need for rebooking future appointments. The Royal College of GPs is calling for the change to take place by 2030, but Dr Mazumdar who […]
Harrow Health Care Centre welcomes BBC Breakfast focus on menopause
All this week, the BBC Breakfast TV show is holding a menopause awareness week in a bid to encourage women to open up about their experiences.
Half a million UK children missed the measles vaccine
According to Unicef, between 2010 and 2017 more than half a million children in the UK were not given the measles vaccine.
A third of all pregnancies for young women end in abortion
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently revealed that a third (33.2 per cent) of all pregnancies among women in their early 20s end in abortion, marking an increase from 31.6 per cent in 2016.
Travellers responsible for measles outbreak in Australia, says health official
A spike in measles cases in Australia is likely to have been caused by travellers, rather than the anti-vax movement, it has been revealed.
Harrow Health Care is advising boys to have the HPV vaccine
In the UK, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has a strong societal association with preventing female cancers and it has been primarily administered to teenage schoolgirls.
Study reveals three in five women suffer at work due to menopause
A recent study carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), has revealed that three out of five (59 per cent) women between the ages of 45 and 55 believe their menopause symptoms are having a negative impact on them at work.
What does the future hold for contraception?
The most popular form of birth control are condoms and the contraceptive pill, in fact, more than three million women use the contraceptive pill in the UK.
Tackling Anti-vaccination misinformation
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has requested new legislation to force social media companies to ban content promoting false information about vaccines.
Concerning number of children have missed their vital vaccinations
New figures from Public Health England have revealed that there are a concerning number of children in the UK who have missed out on their vital vaccinations.
Anti-vaxxer Italian politician contracts chickenpox
Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of the right-wing Northern League party and president of the Friuli-Venezia Giuli region, has been hospitalised after contracting chickenpox.
What is “Super Gonorrhoea”? Harrow Healthcare STI experts provide an explanation
Gonorrhoea is the second most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK. It is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae, also known as gonococcus, which is usually found in penis discharge and vaginal fluid and can normally be treated with a course of antibiotics.
