Metropolitan Police: Move to attend fewer mental health calls sparks alarm
He writes that his officers are spending more than 10,000 hours a month on "what is principally a health matter",...
Health
East Kent: A decade of failure in maternity care
At the heart of the trust's problems, it seems, is a dysfunctional culture that stretches back almost a decade. In...
East Kent maternity deaths: New mum recalls horror of birth
Ms Gittos, whose baby Harriet was born at the East Kent trust's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) in...
‘No pads at school, so my period leaked on exam chair’
IRise International chief executive Emily Wilson says while England's scheme is an "amazing" policy commitment, "we've got to get it...
Monkeypox: London sees rise in cases in last month
Katy Sinka, Head of Sexually Transmitted Infections at UKHSA, said: "Vaccination is key to reducing the severity of symptoms and...
Young mental health patients ‘at risk’ in child wards
The report said paediatric wards contained many self-harm risks, including ligature points, and that they were busy, noisy places which...
Shop around on NHS app to shorten wait for treatment
While progress has been made on the very longest waits, the number of operations being done is still below pre-pandemic...
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
The operation to restore Gert-Jan's movement was carried out in July 2021. Prof Bloch cut two circular holes on each...
Tavistock: Top doctor questions need for change at gender clinic
In the recording, which was then handed to Newsnight, he was also heard questioning the personal integrity of Dr Cass....
Jennie Gow: BBC F1 broadcaster tells of stroke recovery
Dr Thomas Pain, who was one of the consultants at Frimley Park Hospital, later explained the stroke was caused by...
Vaping: High lead and nickel found in illegal vapes
The lab tests also found compounds called carbonyls - which break down, when the e-liquid heats up, into chemicals such...
Junior doctors in England to strike for three days in June
That did not cover doctors or dentists but did include many paramedics, physios, cleaners and porters - although members of...
Labour vows to cut heart, cancer and suicide deaths
In his speech, Sir Keir said deaths from heart disease, cancer and suicide were asking "demanding questions of our healthcare...
Junior doctors in Scotland offered 14.5% pay rise
"However, the offer that has been made is without doubt an improvement on the 4.5% awarded last year, and the...
Ireland to introduce alcohol label health warning
The Republic of Ireland is set to introduce health warning labels on alcohol products.Stephen Donnelly, the Irish minister for health,...
Utrogestan: Menopause pill supply restricted over shortages
Oestrogen has many roles. It helps regulate menstrual cycles, contributes to bone strength and influences the temperature of our skin....
‘Stillborn babies should have legal rights’
"That is why our Maternity and Neonatal (Perinatal) Adverse Event Review Process for Scotland, published September 2021, will support the...
Offer gene test to stroke patients, NHS told
"Treatment with clopidogrel is effective in preventing further strokes for the majority of people who don't have the gene variant...
