NHS to suspend staff suspected of snooping on patient records

Dr. Heidi Overton appeared before a Senate committee on Thursday for her confirmation hearing as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Overton was nominated in August by President Donald Trump, who described her in a post on social media as a "ROCKSTAR in my Administration." She sat before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, where she faced questions about childhood vaccines and the abortion drug mifepristone .

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A rapid new test for brain tumours that the NHS has started using can slash the time it takes for an accurate diagnosis from up to eight weeks to two hours. The test, which is used by doctors to diagnose which type of tumour a patient has, should mean patients can start treatment including radiotherapy and chemotherapy sooner, and are spared weeks of uncertainty. Steve Palmer, 55, from Nottingham, is among those to benefit from the new technology - and it meant surgeons were able to get his result while they were still operating to remove his tumour.