U.K. visa changes imperil recruitment of scientific talent, policy experts warn
New U.K. immigration rules will deter international scientific talent and harm universities, science policy experts say. This month, a rise in the minimum salary that international skilled workers must meet to obtain a visa took effect, coming on top of a sharp hike in the fee migrants must pay to access health care, as well as new restrictions on visas for family members.
The changes “will make it much harder for higher education institutions to attract talent from overseas,” says Jenny Sherrard, national head of equality and policy for the University and College Union (UCU). They are “counterproductive to the...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 23, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors
The change followed a sweeping review by England ’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Azeen Ghorayshi Tags: National Health Service Scotland England Youth Teenagers and Adolescence Gender Medicine and Health Health Insurance and Managed Care Hormones Transgender your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Scotland Pauses Prescribing Puberty Blockers to Under-18s
Scotland’s only gender clinic for young people has paused prescribing puberty blockers for new patients under 18 years old after the National Health Service (NHS) in England banned children from receiving the gender treatment last month.
Puberty blockers are used to delay puberty changes by stopping the body from making sex hormones including testosterone and estrogen. They can be prescribed to treat gender dysphoria, the clinical term for psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one’s sex assigned at birth and one’s gender identity.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mallory Moench Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news
What Canadian doctors say about new U.K. review questioning puberty blockers for transgender youth
In the U.K., where the debate over transgender care has become increasingly heated, England's National Health Service has banned puberty blockers for youth following a review it commissioned, which found a lack of evidence that the medications help with gender dysphoria. Canadian doctors who spoke to CBC News disagree. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
J.K. Rowling Blasts Trans Rights Supporters Like Daniel Radcliffe & Emma Watson, Says ‘Harry Potter’ Stars “Can Save Their Apologies”
The years-long war of words between Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling and supporters of transgender rights heated up again today with the release of an independent review of gender identity services for children and young people delivered by Britain’s National Health Service. The four-year review…#harrypotter #jkrowling #nhs #hilarycass #cass #danielradcliffe #emmawatson #trevorprojects #transgender #trevorproject (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Youth Gender Medications Limited in England, Part of Big Shift in Europe
Five European countries have recently restricted hormone treatments for adolescents with gender distress. They have not banned the care, unlike many U.S. states. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Azeen Ghorayshi Tags: England National Health Service Transgender Hormones Teenagers and Adolescence Discrimination Medicine and Health Politics and Government Mental Health and Disorders Health Insurance and Managed Care Europe Netherlands Denmark Fi Source Type: news
HRSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs
Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on an information collection regarding forms used by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). The forms are used to assess an LRP applicant's eligibility and qualifications for the LRP, determine LRP applicants' Spanish language proficiency if relevant to their application, and obtain information for NHSC site applicants. Comments are due by May 10, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 10, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Christina McAnea leads applause for successful UNISON strikers
There’s power in the union – particularly if that union is UNISON. That was the message at the heart of a speech this morning from general secretary Christina McAnea to UNISON’s national health service group conference in Brighton.
“Look at all you’ve achieved in the past 12 months”, she told delegates.
“Forty-two re-banding deals done across England and Scotland in our Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign. £70 million in back pay – and rising.
“A huge strike in Northern Ireland that forced politicians back into the Northern Ireland Assembly to sort out public sector pay – that’s the power of UNISON....
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 9, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference General election 2024 Industrial action national care service NHS strikes Source Type: news
UNISON health conference opens in Brighton
UNISON’s annual national health service group conference opened in Brighton this morning, with union president Libby Nolan (pictured above) saying that it had been a “really tough year for us…We say that every year, don’t we?”
Sending “solidarity” to ambulance workers, she noted that, as ambulances queue outside A&E departments, unable to hand over patients to hospitals because of waiting times, they are bearing the brunt of the crisis in the NHS.
Elsewhere, applauding a recent back-pay win, she told delegates that, while people join UNISON for different reasons, she had joined the union to increase her w...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - April 8, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2024 National Health Conference Dudley Libby Nolan Mitie one team for patient care Wilma Brown Source Type: news
Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Support the Primary Care Workforce
Announces an increase in loan repayment amounts available through the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. Notes the program aims to reduce primary care provider shortages in rural and other areas. Also highlights previous work to support the primary care workforce. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - April 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
' Gender Science' Was Merely Ideology All Along
'Gender Science' Was Merely Ideology All Along Authored by Wesley J. Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Did you hear the news? England’s National Health Service (NHS) has decided that children diagnosed with gender dysphoria will no longer receive puberty blockers because “there is not…#wesleyjsmith #epochtimes #nhs #childrens #irvine #johnfredricks #alberta #norway #finland #denmark (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
England's NHS Clinics No Longer Offering Puberty Blockers to Trans Youth
(MedPage Today) -- England's National Health Service (NHS) will no longer offer puberty-blocking medications to youths under 18 in its clinics, unless they are enrolled in clinical trials planned for the end of the year.
"Puberty suppressing hormones... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
'America needs to wake up': Doctors and politicians praise England's 'landmark decision' to ban puberty blockers for children over fears about drugs' long-term harms - as they call for similar in US
England's national health service revealed Tuesday it would no longer prescribe the drugs to patients with gender dysphoria under 18. Doctors and senators say the US should follow. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health service in England curtails puberty blockers for minors
Children and young people in England will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, according to the country’s National Health Service. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Tribal Communities: Keep More Money in Your Pocket. The National Health Service Corps Programs Can Help Eliminate Your School Debt!
Announces a tribal community focused Health Resources& Services Administration webinar on the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment program. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - March 6, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
