Media caption, Warning: This video contains scenes which some viewers may find distressing Glenn Campbell BBC Scotland political editor As I waited for brain surgery, I instinctively pressed record on my phone camera, thinking I might be documenting the final months of my life. I have made a career telling other people’s stories but this […]
The government has ordered a review of physician associates (PA) and anaesthesia associates (AA) in England after mounting concern about their use in the NHS. The number of PAs and AAs, who help doctors, are in the process of being rapidly expanded. But the British Medical Association has voiced concerns they are being asked to […]
A senior coroner has warned that more babies could die unless “action is taken”, following the deaths of three infants who had received contaminated feed while being cared for in hospital. Three-month-old Aviva Otte died in January 2014 after being given contaminated feed at St Thomas’ Hospital, south London. In June that year, one-month-old Oscar […]
Image source, James Gallagher By James Gallagher Inside Health presenter, BBC Radio 4 Mention deadly cold and I think of polar explorers with icicles dangling from their beards and mountaineers tackling the heights of Everest; of fingers turning black with frostbite and the chilling clutch of hypothermia. So I was sceptical when I was asked […]
TV presenter Davina McCall is out of intensive care and has made an “enormous leap forward” in the last 24 hours, following her surgery to remove a rare brain tumour. In an update on her Instagram account her partner Michael Douglas said: “Thanks so much to all the well wishers. She really has made an […]
Image caption, Anna Cooper has had 17 operations and is in constant pain Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Catherine Burns Health correspondent Waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK have more than doubled since February 2020, BBC research reveals. Records show around three-quarters of a million (755,046) women’s health appointments are waiting to happen – […]
Some major operations will no longer be going ahead in north Wales, a health board has announced. Betsi Cadwaladr health board said it was pausing its provision of planned and emergency open abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA) surgery to help improve its other care. The health board confirmed there had been an “incident”, but said the […]
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kennedy (left) with Trump at an election rally in Arizona this summer Donald Trump has picked vaccine sceptic and former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as his health secretary, as the president-elect continues to build his new administration. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK Jr, has a […]
Media caption, ‘Say a prayer for me’ – Davina McCall on brain tumour Ian Youngs Culture reporter Helen Bushby Culture reporter Davina McCall is having surgery to remove a brain tumour, she has revealed. The TV presenter, 57, posted a video on Instagram, external to say she had been diagnosed with a rare type of […]
Image source, Family handoutImage caption, Lucy took her own life after suffering from postnatal depression Lizzy Steel BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations The family of a woman who ended her own life after suffering postnatal depression for the second time say she was ‘let down’ by mental health services. Lucy had struggled with her mental […]
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