Hancock ignored call to test all NHS staff, Covid inquiry hears
Health 2025-05-16 03:00
Two Nobel prize-winning scientists worried about "asymptomatic transmission" between staff and patients.
Overhaul needed to prevent benefit claimants suffering harm, MPs say
Health 2025-05-15 19:00
MPs say new laws and "deep-rooted cultural change" are needed at the Department for Work and Pensions.
Helping on the farm reaps mental health benefits
Health 2025-05-14 14:00
Farm Care has "seen an impact" on youngsters' mental health on east Surrey farms.
For, against, undecided: Three GPs give their views on assisted dying
Health 2025-05-14 10:00
GPs from different areas of England tell us how they feel about plans to legalise assisted dying.
Government has no clear plan for NHS England abolition, say MPs
Health 2025-05-14 08:00
Cross-party group of MPs say move is causing uncertainty at time when NHS is under huge pressure.
Breast cancer gene families given hope by drug trial
Health 2025-05-14 00:00
Treating patients with a drug before surgery greatly reduced the chances of the cancer coming back, a small trial found.
Charity boss slams 'reprehensible' health trusts
Health 2025-05-13 22:00
NHS trusts "try to stop" coroners issuing Prevention of Future Death reports, an inquiry hears.
Child obesity clinics seeing BMIs over 50
Health 2025-05-13 16:00
Many are from the most deprived areas, and a significant number are neurodivergent or have other health conditions, a study says.
'WeightWatchers set me up to fail' - Why diet industry is losing to jabs like Ozempic
Health 2025-05-12 19:00
As WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy, we examine the competition it faces from weight loss jabs.
Doctor accused of falsifying artificial mesh records
Health 2025-05-12 19:00
Tony Dixon was suspended after mesh surgery was found to have caused harm to hundreds of patients.
