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Eleven per cent increase in fatalities last year partly down to presence of nitazenes in Scotland’s illicit drug marketNew forms of a powerful synthetic opioid have contributed to a sharp rise in Scot...
Will Jacks' career-best 50-over figures on Tuesday came shortly after the England all-rounder was rushed into hospital for emergency surgery while on a weekend away.
NHS England initiative to reduce cut-off period to three months ‘disproportionately affecting’ most deprived areasAn NHS policy to remove “ghost patients” from GP lists is inadvertently leaving some o...
County’s first such clinic, at Alder Hey in Liverpool, treating children suffering from chronic bladder problems with severe cases needing dialysisChildren as young as 13 in the UK have been referred...
Test using urine and vaginal fluid samples raises hopes thousands of lower-risk women could be spared internal ultrasounds and hysteroscopiesDoctors have developed a simple test that could help rule o...
The bacteria responsible picked up some new genetic material, say experts.
Police are notified of the data incident and officers are assessing its impact.
A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists. Max, 14, is on a quest to understand the human stories behind direct acti...
An investigation has revealed why the deadly meningitis B outbreak in Kent was so dangerous.
System gives patients, loved ones and health workers the right to ask for a second opinion on careMartha’s rule, which lets NHS patients, staff and relatives request a review of their care, is being e...
Experts say trend across England probably reflects swifter access to diagnoses as wealthier families go privateSome of the most affluent areas of England have had the sharpest rises in the proportion...
Changes could save £33bn and result in average of four extra years of good health for people, report saysThe NHS in England could prevent 20,000 deaths and save £33bn a year by cutting red tape and bo...
The NHS has a huge problem. And one of its biggest challenges is that it doesn't even know the scale of it.
The BBC's Catherine Burns spoke to some young mental health ambassadors who called for an increase in mental health support.
Claimants having to find decades-old medical records to prove they qualify for compensation despite inquiry’s recommendationsSuzanne Morgan will never forget the day her mother died. It was nine month...
Exclusive: Charity says NHS data shows increased chances of death due to preventable physical illnessesAn analysis of NHS data has shed light on the “scandal” of why adults with severe mental illness...
Exclusive: Analysis ‘lays bare’ something midwives already know from their day-to-day workAbout 20,000 disclosures of domestic abuse are estimated to be made to maternity services in England every yea...
Three people have been taken to hospital after a stabbing near an LGBT bar.
Outcry over ‘brazenly discriminatory’ funding practices among NHS care boards and local councils, with wide variations in rulesOpinion: An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? We will not...
The trust's new chief executive says he apologises unreservedly - "What happened was utterly unacceptable."