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Fertility patients sold unproven add-ons, HFEA says

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:25
Despite little proof add-ons help, many IVF clinics offer them, the UK's fertility regulator warns.
Categories: National News

What is assisted dying and how could the law change?

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:17
MPs backed a proposal to let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life.
Categories: National News

What is assisted dying and how could the law change?

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:17
MPs backed a proposal to let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life.
Categories: National News

What are the Pip and universal credit changes and who is affected?

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 10:55
Further benefit cuts are expected after the government was told its proposed reforms would save less than planned.
Categories: National News

Baby deaths trust claimed £2m 'good care' payments

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 07:19
An NHS trust criticised over a baby's death claimed money for providing good care, the BBC can reveal.
Categories: National News

Government concerns over assisted dying timeline

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 05:04
The Labour MP bringing the bill says she is "disappointed" to be proposing pushing the implementation deadline to 2029.
Categories: National News

Apology over delay to maternity report publication

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 02:25
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report - published nine months after inspection - finds multiple breaches.
Categories: National News

First place in British Isles approves right to die

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 16:48
The Assisted Dying Bill 2023 passes through Tynwald's branches and can be sent for Royal Assent.
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Care of 800 patients reviewed amid surgeon concerns

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 13:19
The child specialist surgeon also carried out emergency procedures on adults, says NHS trust.
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Who can get an NHS Covid booster this spring?

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 08:58
The spring booster campaign starts in England on 1 April, but vaccines are also available privately.
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Who can get an NHS Covid booster this spring?

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 08:58
The spring booster campaign starts in England on 1 April, but vaccines are also available privately.
Categories: National News

UK draws up new disease-threat watch list

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 02:38
Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - others infectious illnesses with no treatments.
Categories: National News

Doctors and charities call for gonorrhoea vaccine roll-out

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 02:34
The JCVI recommended the use of the MenB vaccine in November 2023 but has not been used in NHS clinics
Categories: National News

First case of bird flu in sheep found on UK farm

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 15:57
The UK's chief veterinary officer confirms the case was discovered on a farm in Yorkshire.
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First case of bird flu in sheep found on UK farm

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 15:57
The UK's chief veterinary officer confirms the case was discovered on a farm in Yorkshire.
Categories: National News

DNA testing site 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 10:42
The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.
Categories: National News

Scans in shopping centres and AI - can ideas like these help save the NHS?

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 07:04
Government says more NHS funds in England will go to social care as we look at how it can deliver change.
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Scans in shopping centres and AI - can ideas like these help save the NHS?

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 07:04
Government says more NHS funds in England will go to social care as we look at how it can deliver change.
Categories: National News

'It's unforgivable': The problem at the heart of the NHS's maternity care failures

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 03:46
An inquest into the death of Ida Lock has shone light on repeat mistakes - and wider failures in certain hospitals across England
Categories: National News

What nine months in space does to the human body

Wed, 03/19/2025 - 20:32
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth - but what has nine months in space done to them?
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