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NHS patients to be offered

chance to travel for surgery

NHS patients in England who
have been waiting more than two
years for surgery are being offered
hospital treatment in alternative
parts of the country.
More than 6,000 long-term wai-
ting-list patients are being offered
travel and accommodation costs
where appropriate to help the
NHS through the backlog.
Health officials want to ensure
Hospital admissions nobody is waiting more than two
continue to rise as experts years by the end of July.
More than 400 patients have al-
ready said they would be prepared
warn of fifth covid wave to travel.
Three patients waiting for sur-
9 number of hospital admis- ZOE Covid symptom study app, gery in Derby have already recei- ced by two-thirds since January. There were 22,500 people wa-
sions for Covid-19 in England said: “We’re in a wave at the mo- ved treatment in the Northumbria "Innovations like this are hel- iting more than two years for an
has risen as experts warn the ment,” he said, “heading towards health region, with another two ping to tackle waiting lists and spe- operation in England in January,
fifth wave of the virus has already a quarter of a million cases a day, patients booked in, NHS England ed up access to treatment, backed but this has fallen by 15,000.
started. that’s a wave already.” said. by record investment," he said.Mr However, the latest monthly
Some 7,822 patients in England The latest figures show 1.7 mil- And in south-west London, 17 Javid also pointed to more than NHS figures show it was the bu-
had Covid-19 on June 27, up 37 lion people are testing positive orthopaedic patients from the 90 community diagnostic centres siest May for emergency care, with
per cent on the previous week, across the UK, a 23 per cent in- South West of England are being delivering more than a million 2.2 million A&E attendances.
NHS figures show. crease on the week before. treated, with another 11 patients checks and scans in the past year. And nearly 6.5 million people in
It is the highest total for nearly Scientists believe the dramatic set to follow in the coming weeks. With weekend clinics and dedi- England are waiting for hospital
two months but is still some way rise in cases is due to new Omi- Health and Social Care Secretary cated surgery hubs, he said NHS treatment - a record high - with
below the peak of 16,600 patients cron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 Sajid Javid said the number of staff were making "great progress" many waiting for knee and hip
during the Omicron BA.2 wave. which have mutated further, thus two-year waits had already redu- in busting the Covid backlogs. replacements, and eye surgery.
Professor Tim Spector, of the are able to evade immunity more.

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Jab may prevent people at risk Study: People who work over 49 hours

of type 1 diabetes a week drink more booze

CONCERN A simple jab could diabetes, where it has been found PEOPLE who work more around 105,000 people. 'Having a drink can make
soon prevent people at risk of to halt production of the cells whi- tend to drink more alcohol, a Those who worked 41 to you feel more relaxed and,
type 1 diabetes from developing ch damage the immune system, study suggests. 48 hours per week consumed after a week of long or hard
the disease in the first place. called CD4, meaning the disease Employees who do 49 or 10.4g more of pure alcohol a work, you feel like you deserve
The drug, currently known as stops progressing. Experts hope more hours a week consume week, on average, than those a treat so we give ourselves a
IMCY-0098, blocks the faulty it will also have the same effe- an extra glass of wine or pint who worked 35 to 40 hours. present.'
immune system response that is ct in those who haven't yet been of beer, on average, compared That is the equivalent of a He said working from home
thought to trigger the illness. diagnosed with type 1 diabetes to those who work a standard half pint of beer or a small during the pandemic and the
Type 1 diabetes affects 400,000 but have the symptoms – feeling nine-to-five. glass of wine. cost of living crisis may lead
Britons and is potentially life-th- thirsty and going to the toilet a lot Experts say workaholics use But those who do 49 to 54 to longer working weeks, and
reatening. For reasons not fully – that suggest they may be deve- alcohol to 'reward' themselves hours a week consumed an therefore more alcohol con-
understood, the immune system loping it. and unwind after a long, stres- extra 17.7g of pure alcohol sumption.
turns on healthy body tissue, dest- Although most sufferers deve- sful week. each week, the same as a pint It comes after a study found
roying cells in the pancreas gland lop the disease in childhood, it can They also warn the cost of of weak beer or larger glass of spreading alcohol intake ac-
that produce insulin – the hormo- first appear in adulthood – usually living crisis could force more wine. ross the week is safer than
ne that enables sugar to pass from before the age of 30. Patients have families to work overtime or The WHO study did not find binging it all in one night.
the blood into the body's cells to to monitor their blood sugar levels take a second job, which could evidence that long working Researchers at the Univer-
be used for energy. and inject themselves with insulin turn more people to the bott- hours was tied to binge drin- sity of Texas at Austin found
Without insulin, sugar builds up medication every time they eat. le. king, despite previous papers having one glass every night,
in the blood, causing widespre- As IMCY-0098 targets only CD4 The World Health Organiza- warning of a link. rather than seven in one go,
ad damage to organs. At present, cells, it doesn't affect the immu- tion (WHO) study is the latest The NHS recommends men makes people far less likely to
IMCY-0098 has been given only ne system's ability to protect the to link working hours to booze and women not to regularly become an alcoholic.
to patients with early-stage type 1 body against other infections. consumption. drink more than 14 units a The study followed 1,000
Previous research has also week — around 112g of pure Americans aged 30 and above
associated working more than alcohol. for nine years.
48 hours per week to heavy Study author Professor Lode Dr Charles Holahan, study
and binge drinking. Godderis, from KU Leuven in leader and a psychology pro-
In the latest study, published Belgium, told The Sun: 'We fessor at the University of
in the journal Safety and He- know that having long wor- Texas at Austin, said not all
alth at Work, experts reviewed king hours is stressful and units of alcohol consumed are
data from 14 studies involving that alcohol reduces stress. equal.