UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths - inquiry
Health 2025-11-21 22:00
Report on government decision-making says delays cost 23,000 lives in the first wave in England.
Biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades begins in UK
Health 2025-11-21 16:00
The study aims to find the best way to detect prostate cancer - the most common cancer in men in the UK.
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
Health 2025-11-21 01:00
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
Lockdown could have been avoided - key findings from Covid inquiry
Health 2025-11-21 01:00
The long-awaited report is published into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic.
Nurses bore the brunt of Covid, ex-chief nurse says
Health 2025-11-20 18:00
Dame Ruth May tells the Covid inquiry nurses struggled with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment.
High-grade masks evidence weak, Covid inquiry told
Health 2025-11-20 18:00
UKHSA's Prof Susan Hopkins said respirator masks may have worked no better than thin surgical masks.
Warning tax rises could force care homes to close
Health 2025-11-20 18:00
Social care providers say the sector is in "unprecedented danger" without more funding.
Covid inquiry rejects clinicians’ anonymity plea
Health 2025-11-20 18:00
The UK Health Security Agency argued naming the junior officials could put them at risk of abuse.
Covid was like a daily terror attack, doctor tells inquiry
Health 2025-11-20 18:00
Covid inquiry hears harrowing testimony from ex-adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England.
Covid ambulance crews faced 'crucial PPE delays'
Health 2025-11-20 18:00
Crews say they faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients because of the time it took to put on equipment.
