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BBC News - Health
BBC News - Health
last updated: May 19 2022 1:49 AM
- Government failed health staff in pandemic - BMA
The doctors' union cites lack of PPE and says medics still suffer the health impacts of the pandemic.
- Half of new nurses and midwives come from abroad
International recruitment hits record high with nurse leaders warning about sustainability of trend.
- Monkeypox: Two more people infected to take total to nine in UK
The virus doesn't usually spread easily and the risk to the UK population is low, officials say.
- The bitter fight over abortion clinic protests
Four years after the first buffer zone outside a clinic only two more have followed in England.
- Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust admits failures after two patients die
One man, Mohammed Ismael Zaman, bled to death during dialysis, while the other was trapped in a bed.
- Pret allergy death: Natasha Ednan-Laperouse's parents set up trial
The trial has been set up by the family of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died after eating a sandwich.
- Charlie King: TOWIE star describes body dysmorphia 'turmoil'
The former reality star appeared before the Health and Social Care Committee to discuss body image.
- Breast cancer 'metal detector' recommended to NHS
The new gadget can help surgeons find and remove cancer that has spread from the breast, say experts.
- Obesity strategy delay immoral, shallow and weak - ex-Tory leader
Lord Hague says the government is "shallow" and "politically weak" for delaying plans to curb obesity.
- Hostile behaviour toward people with a visible difference on the rise - study
A new survey shows a rise in hostile behaviour towards people with a visible difference.
- NHS prescription charges in England to be frozen
Not raising the fees for the first time in 12 years puts money back in people's pockets, ministers say.
- Anti-abortion groups target women with misleading ads
Abortion providers describe a battle to put out accurate information.
- NHS's centralised nature is ripe for reforming, think tank says
The Policy Exchange think tank wants local NHS to have more power and questions rise in national managers.
- University of Leeds study to examine impact of endurance sport on heart health
The University of Leeds project will see heart monitors fitted under the skin of more than 100 men.
- Probe after man wrongly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
Alex Preston says he wants answers after being told he had the illness for seven years.