Mark Norman

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Mark Norman

A widow has criticised the NHS for adding a treatment plan to her late husband's medical files without, she said, consulting him or his family. Irene Osprey's husband Jim died from pancreatic cancer in February 2023. She said doctors at Eastbourne District General Hospital added the form, which outlined what treatment should be given in an emergency situation, on 7 January 2023. Ms Osprey said it was only by chance that her family found out and that she had now "lost all faith in the hospital".

1 month ago | bbc.com | Mark Norman

Twins meet 'miracle' surgeon who saved their livesMark NormanBBC South East Health CorrespondentJoshua AskewKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustThe surgeon operated on the boys while they were still in the wombEight-month-old twins from Haywards Heath, West Sussex, have met the surgeon who saved their lives before they were born. Katerina Ahouansou was six months pregnant with the boys when a routine scan identified a problem with their development and blood supply.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Mark Norman

Mark NormanBBC South East Health CorrespondentA scientist who helped develop the Pfizer Covid vaccine has said he found out the jab worked as he left his mother's funeral. Dr Nicholas Kitchin, vice president of vaccine research at the Pfizer site in Tadworth, Surrey, developed the vaccine with colleagues from across the south east of England while collaborating with scientists around the world.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Mark Norman

The overseas staff serving the South East NHSMark NormanBBC South East Health CorrespondentMark Norman BBCRishan Belete arrived in the UK in the back of a lorry and is now a state registered nurseRishan Belete arrived in the UK from her native Sudan in the back of a lorry at the age of 17, as an unaccompanied minor. That was in 2016. Last year, she qualified as a nurse.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Mark Norman

Rishan Belete arrived in the UK from her native Sudan in the back of a lorry at the age of 17, as an unaccompanied minor. That was in 2016. Last year, she qualified as a nurse. Now working in East Kent, she is one of more than 50,000 NHS staff in the wider South East who self-reported as not being …