Laura Sheehan

You may have heard about the sad story of Harry Richford. He was born on the 2nd November 2017 at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate. There had been no problems during mum’s, Sarah’s pregnancy. She was low risk and...

The NHS has had a difficult task coping with the effects of covid-19 and across the country, the focus has been on prioritising the care of covid-19 patients and otherwise easing pressure on the NHS in other aspects to ensure it doesn’t crash during...

If you’ve ever made a complaint about your medical care and the complaints process has been followed correctly, you’ll appreciate the benefit of the treating clinicians addressing your concerns. They can provide answers to your...

Got a problem cough? Worried about a lump? Many of us now turn to the internet and Google our symptoms as a first port of call. Well, as of this week, the Amazon Alexa is able to search the official NHS website in order to answer any health...

This week has seen the first week of the inquiry looking into how thousands of people were infected with Hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood they were given in the 1970s and 1980s. About 5,000 people with haemophilia, a genetic condition that...

If you ask the general population, many won’t know or have even heard of it, yet according to the UK Sepsis Trust, it’s one of the most common causes of death in the UK, responsible for killing up to 44,000 people a year. It’s...

20 year old Hannah was studying French at the University of Southampton when she began suffering mental illness for the first time. In October last year, she spent 9 days repeatedly asking for treatment at Antelope House mental health unit but her...

What should have been the happiest day of John and Tracey Gamble’s life quickly became their worst after Tracey went into labour. They attended Colchester Hospital in April last year where they hoped to deliver their healthy baby boy. However...