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Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is ‘consistently undermined’The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is in “absolute...
Breakthrough treatment enabled Archie Goodburn, 24, to keep competing but he says one new drug in 20 years is not enoughArchie Goodburn, a 24-year-old champion swimmer who has a rare, inoperable form...
Chris Elliot was exposed to ‘lethal dose’ of bacteria while receiving chemotherapy from Gloucestershire NHS trustAn NHS trust has admitted to failing to provide safe care to a man who died after using...
Awareness of disorders such as hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is low among British healthcare professionalsPeople in the UK with hypermobility conditions are waiting up to 21 years to be diagnosed...
Poolbeg Pharma to test the treatment in NHS hospitals and says it is also developing a GLP-1 weight loss pillA London-based startup is about to trial a drug at six NHS hospitals that could stop people...
Exclusive: Cancer charity says dispelling falsehoods gleaned from social media is now routine task for cliniciansSocial media misinformation about the use of dietary supplements such as turmeric, St J...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 21-month old son died in a Lagos hospital, which she says is trying to stop an inquest into the circumstances of his death.
Last-minute offer to be put to members is understood to include an average 6.6% pay upliftResident doctors in England have called off strike action after the government made a new offer which will be...
A medical issue can send quotes for cover soaring but it is not worth risking going abroad without a policy ‘I nearly fell over when I saw the travel insurance quote,” says the retiree Bernie Lawrenc...
Journalist and healthcare campaigner was driving force behind patient safety initiative after death of 13-year-old daughterThe healthcare campaigner and journalist Merope Mills has been made a CBE in...
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zonesLow emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but t...
People tell BBC Your Voice the rising cost of private dentistry is putting them in a difficult position.
Doctors say therapy that genetically modifies person’s T-cells could offer cure for chronic autoimmune diseaseFive lupus patients in England are in remission after being treated with a revolutionary t...
One-off programme to begin in July after recent MenB outbreaks in Kent, Dorset and Berkshire killed three peopleTeenagers in their final school year and young people starting university will be offere...
Regulator approval means patients who meet criteria will be able to purchase tablets with private prescription Patients in the UK will soon be able to buy the Wegovy weight-loss pill, the medicines re...
Around a million Year 13 pupils and those under 25 starting university this autumn will be offered the meningitis B (menB) vaccine.
Data published for the first time recorded 2,241 daily cases of A&E corridor care, with 699 patients also treated in other inappropriate settingsAlmost 3,000 patients a day in England are receiving ca...
London, the east of England and the West Midlands have highest number of cases, as UKHSA urges families to get children vaccinatedTwo children in England have died from measles, health officials say,...
NHS bosses urge all hospitals in England to use ‘digital triage’ process to combat overcrowding in emergency servicesPatients who turn up at A&E with non-urgent ailments could be told to come back ano...
System not fit for purpose due to poor infrastructure and planning, with minority groups particularly at risk, MPs sayThe UK’s stem cell transplant system is potentially putting the lives of blood can...