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Astonishing early reluctance to call Covid civil emergency - inquiry

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 09:43
An expert says Welsh government felt Covid "wasn't a civil emergency" in early March 2020.

Hospital patient given 'corridor care' for 14 hours

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 07:31
A patient at a hospital experiencing "record admissions" says he had no access to water.

Health staff to start court fight over long Covid

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 02:00
They say they are disabled after catching Covid at work, with no protection from employers.

German patient vaccinated against Covid 217 times

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 18:36
Researchers have written up the unusual case in a medical journal.

Unions back improved NHS senior doctor pay offer

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 11:27
Consultants in England to vote on new deal after rejecting previous offer by narrow margin.

NHS trust admits failures over death of baby boy

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 06:57
A coroner hears hospital staff failed to give Zachary Taylor-Smith's mum antibiotics during labour.

Medical leaders back rise in physician associates

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 02:18
But the doctors’ union is concerned about patient safety because of a new law regulating those roles.

Consultants vote to strike in Wales

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 17:32
Doctors will walk out in April over "extreme pressures" and "unsafe staffing levels".

Man hails 'quality of life' drug available on NHS

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 07:55
Ross Cunliffe says "the right thing has been done" in making daratumumab available on the NHS.

'I was left lying in my own urine'

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 06:12
A 73-year-old man says he was denied pain relief and was left lying in a bed soaked with urine.

'I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’

Sun, 03/03/2024 - 23:36
People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.

Can green 'super powders' really make you healthy?

Sun, 03/03/2024 - 03:12
Products containing probiotics, vitamins and antioxidants are being sold as healthy essentials.

Kidney donor mum and son take on world on skis

Sat, 03/02/2024 - 06:57
Just living a normal life was the biggest hope, now Alex will take on the world on the slopes.

Thousands more appointments hit by doctor strike

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 18:18
The NHS England said 91,000 appointments and procedures were cancelled due to the walkout this week.

More than one billion people now obese - study

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 02:03
Researchers say there is an urgent need to change how the condition is tackled as it rises worldwide.

More than a billion people living with obesity

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 02:03
Researchers say there is an urgent need to change how the condition is tackled as it rises worldwide.

We need assisted dying vote after report - Rantzen

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 14:43
A cross-party group of MPs found evidence of care benefits in countries that allow assisted dying.

We need assisted dying vote after report - Rantzen

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 14:43
A cross-party group of MPs found evidence of care benefits in countries that allow assisted dying.

What are assisted dying, assisted suicide and euthanasia?

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 12:17
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.

What are assisted dying, assisted suicide and euthanasia?

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 12:17
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.

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