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What is assisted dying and could the law change?
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:27:12 GMT
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.
HRT does not impact life expectancy - health body
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:11:13 GMT
Information on the menopause drugs' benefits and risks have been included in updated guidance.
Could vaccines end the winter vomiting bug?
Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:05:23 GMT
The easily spreadable virus can affect people of all ages and have huge consequences during winter.
How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food?
Sat, 19 Oct 2024 03:10:13 GMT
The rise of these treatments has major implications for how we think about obesity, says James Gallagher.
How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:06:04 GMT
The Covid inquiry restarts its live hearings this week, after senior staff in the NHS revealed just how close some hospitals were to collapse
How 175 British children were infected with HIV
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:23:44 GMT
Families of some of those affected are giving evidence at a public inquiry into the treatment disaster.
Pub garden smoking ban dropped from government plans
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:04:12 GMT
The Health Secretary said he didn't want to cause further harm to the hospitality industry in England.
How many of us will end up being diagnosed with ADHD?
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:36:40 GMT
Experts suggest that the number of people with ADHD is actually going to remain steady.
How Dame Deborah James helped save a mum's life
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:06:52 GMT
A mother-of-three shared her story with Dame Deborah's mother Heather on BBC Breakfast.
Melanoma skin cancer cases rising in UK
Sun, 26 May 2024 23:40:31 GMT
The biggest increase is among the over 80s, with a marked rise in cases in adults aged 25-49.
Are weight-loss injections the answer to obesity?
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:52:45 GMT
The appeal is clear - but should we be turning to appetite-suppressing injections?
NHS will not fund new drug to slow Alzheimer’s
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:02:04 GMT
A new drug that slows the pace of Alzheimer's disease is too expensive for too little benefit to be used on the NHS, the watchdog says.
Covid ambulance crews faced 'crucial PPE delays'
Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:39:04 GMT
Crews say they faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients because of the time it took to put on equipment.
‘I grieve for the person I was before' - Covid inquiry to begin new phase
Mon, 09 Sep 2024 01:13:17 GMT
The Covid inquiry opens its next set of hearings on Monday, looking at the impact on healthcare and the NHS.
'I can't afford a child on £53,000 salary' - why fertility rate is falling
Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:09:01 GMT
From 'fruitless' dating to financial pressures, people share their views on falling fertility rates.
Covid inquiry: The UK pandemic in numbers
Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:18:18 GMT
Explore the data on how the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in the UK.
Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines?
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:48:59 GMT
People affected by rare blood clots say they feel they have been airbrushed out of the pandemic.
Bill to ban police cell mental health detentions
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:06:25 GMT
The move is part of an overhaul of decades-old mental health legislation in England and Wales.
'There are loads of people that vape at school'
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:54:43 GMT
A group of teenagers in Fife have been making a documentary about the impact of disposable vapes.
Nurses bore the brunt of Covid, ex-chief nurse says
Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:58:13 GMT
Dame Ruth May tells the Covid inquiry nurses struggled with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment.
Assisted dying bill dangerous, says Archbishop
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:11:15 GMT
His comments came ahead of an assisted dying bill being introduced to Parliament.
£30,000 limit on disabled adaptions grants reviewed
Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:11:42 GMT
A court challenge means the government will look again at the cap on the Disabled Facilities Grant.
What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work?
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:23:46 GMT
The next public hearings will consider how the pandemic affected healthcare systems across the UK.
Can health secretary name NHS trusts performing well?
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:09:11 GMT
Victoria Atkins is challenged to name some health trusts meeting their targets to cut waiting lists.
Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:43:48 GMT
Mutant males struggle to mate, which could offer a way to controll mosquito populations, scientists say.
Paris: Grassroots to Glory
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 05:01:00 GMT
The Paralympic Rowing Cox will compete a year after getting the all clear from cancer.
High-grade masks evidence weak, Covid inquiry told
Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:39:28 GMT
UKHSA's Prof Susan Hopkins said respirator masks may have worked no better than thin surgical masks.
How the UK planned for the wrong pandemic
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:28:01 GMT
Over-confidence, wasted opportunities and muddled-thinking left UK sleep-walking into Covid.
Infected blood victims could get £2m compensation
Tue, 21 May 2024 15:32:17 GMT
Government unveils package after final report of public inquiry into scandal published on Monday.
NHS bosses attack 'rip off' doctor overtime rates
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:31:06 GMT
NHS England says hospitals being forced into paying premium rates of over £200 an hour.
I lost mum, dad and sister to HIV in blood scandal
Mon, 13 May 2024 04:45:05 GMT
Families torn apart by the infected blood scandal break their silence to BBC Panorama.
Breast cancer patients denied life-extending drug in cost row
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:39:28 GMT
Jeannie Ambrose, one of about 1,000 affected patients, says the drug should be made available on the NHS
Two new cases of more spreadable mpox found in UK
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:05:46 GMT
All three patients were infected with the Clade 1b variant, which appears to transmit more easily.
'An abuse by people supposedly there to care'
Mon, 20 May 2024 18:26:15 GMT
Victims of the scandal said they had been "gaslit for generations" and felt "vindicated" by the report.
Warning tax rises could force care homes to close
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:50:35 GMT
Social care providers say the sector is in "unprecedented danger" without more funding.
How many people still smoke in the UK?
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:28:15 GMT
The government wants to create a smoke-free generation and restrict the sale and marketing of vapes.
Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts
Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:04:10 GMT
An anti-corruption charity finds significant concerns in £15.3bn worth of contracts awarded during the pandemic.
NHS needs better plan around weight loss jabs, warn experts
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:27:18 GMT
Experts call for an urgent review of obesity treatment services amid booming demand for weight loss jabs.
Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:04:19 GMT
NHS experts report unprecedented demand for the new generation of obesity treatments.
'I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’
Sun, 03 Mar 2024 23:36:30 GMT
People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.
Infected blood inquiry: Five things we have learned
Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:34:45 GMT
An inquiry into the "worst treatment disaster in NHS history" hears its final evidence.
NHS to review prostate cancer testing after Chris Hoy call for change
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:03:26 GMT
The Olympic cycling champion, who has terminal cancer, wants more younger men to get checked.
'Blood compensation comes too late for my husband'
Tue, 21 May 2024 12:10:43 GMT
The government announced what it calls a "comprehensive" compensation scheme on Tuesday.
New XEC Covid variant: What are the symptoms and is it spreading in the UK?
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:20:30 GMT
XEC has some new mutations that might help it spread this autumn, scientists say.
First case of more spreadable mpox detected in UK
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:02:32 GMT
A single case of mpox linked to a recent outbreak in parts of Africa has been detected in the UK.
Paris: Grassroots to Glory
Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:43:25 GMT
The Rugby 7s player has struggled with body image in the past, but says sport has helped
Children used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:00:43 GMT
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:15:07 GMT
One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
Why we might never know the truth about ultra-processed foods
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:33:23 GMT
Experts can’t agree how exactly they affect us and it’s not clear that science will give us an answer.
Covid inquiry rejects clinicians’ anonymity plea
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:11:07 GMT
The UK Health Security Agency argued naming the junior officials could put them at risk of abuse.
We were not treated as parents, Covid inquiry told
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:11:38 GMT
Mum of premature twins says rigid restrictions on birthing wards during Covid were traumatic.
What is assisted dying and could the law change?
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:27:12 GMT
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.
What is the infected blood scandal?
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:36:02 GMT
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.
Covid was like a daily terror attack, doctor tells inquiry
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:06:37 GMT
Covid inquiry hears harrowing testimony from ex-adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England.
Covid inquiry told of trust do-not-resuscitate rule
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:54:11 GMT
Patients' families were “horrified but not surprised” when told the blanket policy had been in place.
The junior doctors' strikes may be over. But is trouble ahead?
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:43:02 GMT
The end of the pay dispute sounded too good to be true. And now some are wondering if it might be.
How are the vaping rules changing?
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:06:32 GMT
Marketing rules will be stricter, nicotine vapes will be taxed and disposable vapes will be banned.