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Outgoing health secretary declares Labour’s ‘plan for the NHS is working’, though experts question how goal was reachedHospitals in England have hit a key target for improving the time it takes patie...
"I am pleased to report that I have delivered against the ambitious targets you set for me when I became your secretary of state for health and social care."
Asymptomatic people allowed off ship from Wednesday afternoon but those infected ordered to remain in isolationA norovirus-hit cruise ship carrying mainly passengers from the UK and Ireland has had a...
Woodland Trust also finds significant north-south divide in tree cover, leaving many people at risk of poor health Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton-on-Sea is a “tree desert”, leaving people more...
Medicines watchdog approves two treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophyHundreds of children with a rare muscle-wasting disease will be able to receive two drugs that can improve their sur...
Passengers will remain in isolation for 45 days of isolation, with health officials confirming they remain asymptomaticSix people who were evacuated from the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbr...
Exclusive: Doctors say ‘highly concerning’ poll highlights risk to patients of turning to AI for medical adviceOne in seven people are using AI chatbots for health advice instead of seeing their GP, a...
Researchers say rise not inevitable and it is important to unpick what is behind differences in obesity trendsA continuing rise in obesity around the world is not inevitable, research suggests, with r...
Keir Starmer set out bills to abolish NHS England, overhaul Send provision, limit jury trials and forge ties with EUKeir Starmer has laid out long-promised changes to education, health and the courts...
About 50 people on vessel carrying mostly British and Irish passengers have symptoms, say officialsFrench authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked...
Hundreds more children with a rare muscle-wasting condition are to be given access to two "life-changing" treatments after they were approved for NHS use.
More than 1,700 passengers and crew members have been ordered not to leave their cruise ship while French health officials carry out tests after a likely stomach flu outbreak onboard.
A murder investigation has been launched after a man who was part of a group of pedestrians struck by a car in Nottinghamshire died in hospital.
Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effectThe stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “acc...
Research on weight limits of elevators made in UK and Europe 1972-2004 raises concerns over safety and equityLifts are no longer big enough to fit the UK’s larger citizens, according to researchers.A...
The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organization.
Hundreds of four-year-olds among ‘extremely overweight’ patients at 39 specialist centres since 2021More than 6,000 children living with obesity, including hundreds as young as four, have required tre...
Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomesSinging, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, accor...
Health service has given US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to certain data to build integrated platform, according to reportsUK politics live – latest updatesMPs have warned that an NHS decision to gran...
Twenty-two people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day isolating in self-contained flats in MerseysideWhat is hantavirus?Passengers evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbrea...