Image source, Getty Images Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Nine babies have died from whooping cough since November 2023, with cases continuing to rise, the UK Health Security Agency says. Its latest figures, external for England show 2,591 confirmed cases in May, with a total of 7,599 since January. Experts worry this is a […]
An independent investigation of NHS performance in England has been ordered by the new health secretary. Wes Streeting said he wants the investigation to tell the “hard truths” about what he has called a broken service. It comes as the latest waiting time figures for the NHS show the backlog for hospital care has gone […]
Image source, Getty Images Aileen Moynagh & Marie-Louise Connolly BBC News NI health team A small number of biomedical scientists are being investigated following fitness to practise concerns relating to cervical screening in the Southern Trust, BBC News NI understands. In October 2023, it emerged smear tests of more than 17,000 women in the trust […]
Image caption, Winifred Tubb suffered 32 falls in less than a year Daniel O’Donoghue and William Higgens BBC North West Investigations Team Jonathan Fagg BBC England Data Journalism Unit The daughter of an elderly care home resident who suffered 32 falls in only 11 months said she had sent social services “a begging email” to […]
Image source, Emily-Jane ScandrettImage caption, Emily-Jane Scandrett suffered an intolerable pain in her chest for months before she received her diagnosis Kathryn Stanczyszyn BBC Radio WM, Presenter Oprah Flash BBC News, West Midlands A mum with a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos hopes to raise awareness after it went undetected for more than […]
Image source, Blavatnik School of GovernmentImage caption, Ciaran Martin, former head of the National Cyber Security Centre said hack was “one of the most serious cyber incidents in British history” by Guy Lynn and Stephen Menon BBC Investigations, London A leading cybersecurity expert has warned that the NHS remains vulnerable to further cyber-attacks unless it […]
Image source, PA The new Health Secretary Wes Streeting says negotiations with junior doctors will begin next week in an attempt to end a long-running pay dispute. The Ilford North MP said he spoke with the British Medical Association (BMA) on Friday ahead of starting fresh talks, as he branded the NHS “broken”. The BMA […]
Former nurse Lucy Letby has been sentenced to another whole life term for trying to kill a premature baby girl. The 34-year-old is already in jail for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. On Tuesday, she was found guilty of […]
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A skin rash is a common symptom of measles, and appears after a few days of cold-like symptoms There have been 11 cases of measles recorded in Northern Ireland in the past 6 months. In the Republic of Ireland 68 cases were logged within the same time frame. Measles is […]
In September 2023, Simon Boas was diagnosed with throat cancer. Aged just 46, he was told the disease was terminal, and that it would ultimately take his life. Over the following year, he knitted together his reflections on life into a book – A Beginner’s Guide to Dying. The book is set to hit the […]
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