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Martha doctor's failings 'particularly grave'

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 17:05
A medical tribunal has found a senior doctor's failings amounted to gross negligence and misconduct.
Categories: National News

Martha doctor's failings 'particularly grave'

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 17:05
A medical tribunal has found a senior doctor's failings amounted to gross negligence and misconduct.
Categories: National News

Martha doctor's failings 'particularly grave'

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 17:05
A medical tribunal has found a senior doctor's failings amounted to gross negligence and misconduct.
Categories: National News

5 Live News Specials

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 11:06
That Time of the Month with Naga Munchetty, Dr Nighat Arif & Dr Christine Ekechi
Categories: National News

Menstrual tracking app users cautioned about risks

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 06:20
Women deserve better than to have their menstrual data treated as consumer data, say researchers.
Categories: National News

RFK Jr sacks entire US vaccine committee

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 22:42
The US health secretary, a vaccine sceptic who has been criticised by health experts, said the panel was 'plagued' with conflicts of interest.
Categories: National News

Cervical screening invites to change in England

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 17:24
Invitations be sent out by the NHS every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test.
Categories: National News

Cervical screening invites to change in England

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 17:24
Invitations be sent out by the NHS every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test.
Categories: National News

Cervical screening invites to change in England

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 17:24
Invitations be sent out by the NHS every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test.
Categories: National News

MPs set to vote on decriminalising abortion in England and Wales

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 16:50
Women would never be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy under proposed new laws.
Categories: National News

MPs set to vote on decriminalising abortion in England and Wales

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 16:50
Women would never be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy under proposed new laws.
Categories: National News

MPs set to vote on decriminalising abortion in England and Wales

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 16:50
Women would never be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy under proposed new laws.
Categories: National News

'There was nothing hopeless about Alice' - family on fight for truth

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 10:59
The family of a woman who died in mental health care speak about their fight to hold staff accountable.
Categories: National News

We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truth

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 00:53
A NHS trust and hospital manager have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of Alice Figueiredo.
Categories: National News

We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truth

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 00:53
A NHS trust and hospital manager have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of Alice Figueiredo.
Categories: National News

We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truth

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 00:53
A NHS trust and hospital manager have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of Alice Figueiredo.
Categories: National News

Restrict shop-bought baby food, government tells parents

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 16:59
Avoid relying on food pouches for everyday meals, says NHS website for first time.
Categories: National News

'I'm going to outlive our child, there are no words'

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 10:18
Jack is one of only 16 children in the world with a genetic condition so rare it doesn't have a name.
Categories: National News

NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 09:51
The health service issued an "amber alert" last year and stocks remain low ever since.
Categories: National News

Nurses to vote on pay deal as potential strike looms

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 09:08
The ballot is being billed by representatives as the biggest single vote by the profession in the UK.
Categories: National News