Researchers at the University of York found that ultra-grip shoes lessened the number of NHS staff slipping and falling
YORK researchers have shown that the NHS could cut the number of staff going off sick by making ultra-grip shoes part of the uniform. .A study was conducted by the York Trials Unit at the University of York in collaboration with the Health and Safety Executive, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and the University of Leeds, and involved seven NHS Trusts. Half of staff who volunteered to take part were asked to wear their own choice of shoes to work and the other half were provided with shoes with the HSE’s highest grip rating of 5 for a period of 14 weeks.
BBC News
By Ben Hunte
image captionTheo, a trans boy, tried to take his life last year while waiting for an NHS referral
The NHS gender identity service is seeking leave to appeal against a High Court ruling that restricts children under 16 from accessing puberty-blocking drugs.
The NHS service says the move harms young people with gender dysphoria.
Doctors and parents have told the BBC the ruling could put already vulnerable trans teens at risk.
And trans young people have been giving their reaction, with one calling the ruling honestly terrifying .
Gender dysphoria is when a mismatch between a person s sex assigned at birth and their gender identity causes them distress.