What the papers say: Lansley refuses to face nurses at RCN conference
The BBC, The Independent, and The Daily Mail report that Andrew Lansley has once again declined to speak to thousands of nurses at The Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Instead, Lansley has decided to hold a 45-minute Q and A with just 50 nurses.
The Telegraph reports that that NHS trusts are denying patients high-cost drugs used for conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and osteoporosis.
Waiting hours for 65 per cent of A&E patients are four hours or more since the Government scrapped the target according to NHS figures, The Daily Mail reports.
The BBC and The Telegraph report that smearing tea tree honey on wounds could help to protect against super bugs including MRSA, scientists say.
And British scientists have created human kidneys from stem cells which could make it possible for people to ‘grow their own organs,' The Daily Mail reports.
The Telegraph reports that women who eat an apple a day, really could keep the doctor away. The new study shows that women on an ‘apple diet' saw their cholesterol levels drop.
The risk of Alzheimer's disease could be cut if people take moderate exercise. A half-hour walk every other day has shown great preventative benefits according to researchers, The Telegraph reports.
And The Independent reports that obesity operations may be limited – a decision the NHS will regret, surgeons say.