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It will be the largest industrial action by nurses so far and risks patients' safety, NHS bosses say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/pQDt2mg via IFTTT

The NHS says "positive discussions" with the RCN mean nurses will cover some departments. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xrGNh25 via IFTTT

The doctor is "delighted" to be leaving after earlier not being allowed to board an evacuation flight. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/693gwZu via IFTTT

The world-renowned children's hospital has "serious" concerns over this weekend's nurses' strike. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/hwg0Uqp via IFTTT

Kim Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy died after giving birth in two East Kent NHS Trust hospitals. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/4BvWz35 via IFTTT

The offer covers two years, including an additional one-off payment for 2022/23 and a 5% pay rise. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/m4Pas8w via IFTTT

BBC journalist Chris Slegg explains the impact of learning he might need a heart transplant aged 43. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/7VA0vk8 via IFTTT

Despite promises to make things better for vulnerable adults, the pace of change is slow - writes Alison Holt. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/JVIAuWz via IFTTT

Kim Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy died after giving birth in two East Kent NHS Trust hospitals. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/IB741jH via IFTTT

Reports say health department officials "raised concern" about the health secretary's conduct. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/T4wlWK3 via IFTTT

The Royal College of Nursing's planned 48-hour walkout must now end on Monday instead of Tuesday. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/JzVX28M via IFTTT

People affected share their experiences as a report calls for "urgent action" to tackle stigma. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EkMnqGO via IFTTT

Public Health Wales figures show non-melanoma skin cancers increased by 7% between 2016 and 2019. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/oLfYMjA via IFTTT

The offer covers two years, including an additional one-off payment for 2022/23 and a 5% pay rise. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/a16bS5G via IFTTT

Two ex-managers at the mental health care firm claim they felt pressure to cut costs and fill beds. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Wampsbj via IFTTT

Investigative journalist Livvy Haydock on dealing with gangsters alongside an MS diagnosis. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/DfOVsht via IFTTT

Scientists want to find out more about levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in healthy people. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Jtqe1wu via IFTTT

Draft guidelines for the NHS say women giving birth can ask for a morphine-like painkiller instead of a spinal block. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/YkU8Li5 via IFTTT

Liquid biopsies could replace the need for invasive procedures under general anaesthetic. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ihpg86w via IFTTT

Poppy, from Cornwall, has a rare form of leukaemia and is undergoing treatment in Bristol. from BBC News - Health https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-65374501?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via IFTTT

A care home manager says it is an "impossibility" to get NHS dentists to visit her residents. from BBC News - Health https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-65322860?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via IFTTT

A Suffolk woman who could not find an NHS dentist has had to crowdfund her new dentures. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/p0g74wE via IFTTT

Health secretary asks judges to rule whether union has mandate for the last day of its next walkout. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/XlUEbGR via IFTTT

Course records were smashed in some London Marathon elite races but how did slower runners get on? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/J2gEzuO via IFTTT

The results will be used to detect cancers and other diseases at the early stages. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Yl8FuyH via IFTTT

Millions of dollars are being poured into research to find ways of making lives longer and healthier. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/oigWNr1 via IFTTT

A small trial suggests regular walking breaks, alongside insulin treatment, may lower blood sugar levels. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/CjJcoTh via IFTTT

Nurses' union challenged over whether the planned walkout in England would break strike rules. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/PzZICvf via IFTTT

The AI flags up tissue of concern to the medic carrying out the colonoscopy, missed by the human eye. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/jUABP6p via IFTTT

The government has said it expects all patients needing a GP appointment to be seen within two weeks. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xANVk3I via IFTTT

Lucy Letby said a spike in baby collapses was upsetting, but she did not question it, a jury hears. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/nzYrN05 via IFTTT

Women as young as 30 are undergoing extreme treatments for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/yu7miWH via IFTTT

The watchdog's findings at Kettering General Hospital come after dozens of families' concerns. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/nl6ZGDr via IFTTT

The singer testified to US lawmakers to advocate for Pepfar, a US programme that fights global Aids. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/8tRDHxQ via IFTTT

As people age, pigment-making cells lose their ability to mature and maintain hair colour, research suggests. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/GH8y3cn via IFTTT

How some Muslims maintain the same commitment towards exercise and fasting during Ramadan. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/7dhFNRg via IFTTT

The coroner at Stephen Wright's inquest described it as a "very unusual and deeply tragic case". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/RnXfLm8 via IFTTT

Unite union announces industrial action across the south of England and West Midlands. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/aw5AfOI via IFTTT

A review of cervical screening cases has found thousands were wrongly removed from the system. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/vhtqlIc via IFTTT

Report says racism played a role in the higher death rates of black and Asian women giving birth. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ntQVAgO via IFTTT

The walkout was most disruptive NHS strike yet - with bosses warning future action will risk care. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/l6FdeW2 via IFTTT

A note found at Lucy Letby's home stated "maybe this is all down to me", her murder trial is told. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/nvJMVIE via IFTTT

Mary Forester says in retrospect there were some red flags but they were all easily explained away. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/FadeoDi via IFTTT

Many public servants are in no mood to back down and it's not clear how ministers intend to deal with it. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/sFn0oXi via IFTTT

People with microscopic colitis have frequent diarrhoea, stomach pain and fatigue. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/r7589L4 via IFTTT

Health-tech firms around the world are increasingly using AI to help tailor drugs for patients. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3oe45qY via IFTTT

A discovery gives experts new ideas for developing vaccines to treat or even prevent cancer. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/HpBcqOm via IFTTT

Ambulance crews, some nurses and hospital porters are among the Unison members who have said yes to the pay offer. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/WTZ7ig1 via IFTTT

After being paralysed in a motorbike accident, Harold, 79, was determined to defy medical opinion. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/t4imaPk via IFTTT

Lessons need to be learned from the delivery of maternal health services in the pandemic, report finds. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Po4tXkm via IFTTT

The bill passed by the state's legislature must still be signed by Governor Ron DeSantis to become law. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/t1aUVj7 via IFTTT

Study analysed the DNA of families with unexplained, severe development disorders. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/kySz4GL via IFTTT

Flu, staff shortages and Covid backlogs are putting the NHS under severe strain, find out what's happening in your area. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/B9nyzu4 via IFTTT

Most care homes struggled but some paid more to shareholders, says the Warwick University-led study. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/mMOsV7j via IFTTT

The vaccine - R21 - was up to 80% effective in early-stage clinical trials. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/fgmFl8G via IFTTT

Juul Labs agrees a deal to settle claims that it targeted teenagers with its products. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/sIiZETY via IFTTT

Could the conciliation service Acas make any difference to the current impasse? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/vhjVFxu via IFTTT

The British Medical Association says doctors granted exemption from strike action were not needed. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EwxH19K via IFTTT

Scientists say focus should be on cancer prevention, with 'universal cures' unlikely at present. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/fYd3nVs via IFTTT

It is testing a device aimed at improving patient mobility. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/SbIjQMw via IFTTT

'You can't leave things until tomorrow, because there might not be a tomorrow,' said the cancer campaigner. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/tIVOsx7 via IFTTT

Junior doctors are striking for four days in what has been called the "most disruptive" NHS walkout. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Wmp6J3D via IFTTT

Jackie Pugh has been waiting nearly three and a half years for breast reconstruction. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3YaIpx6 via IFTTT

Gareth Eve says he has "no alternative" but to sue AstraZeneca over BBC presenter Lisa Shaw's death. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xsDm7GT via IFTTT

Pregnant women will also be paid to quit smoking under government plans to be set out on Tuesday. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/yeEc0Z2 via IFTTT

A strike by thousands of junior doctors in England is set to be the most disruptive in NHS history. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Om7eStp via IFTTT

Some 350,000 appointments and operations could potentially be cancelled this week, the NHS Confederation says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/gY2mhKF via IFTTT

Charlotte Mills-Murray, 34, said decisions over her home care had been repeatedly delayed. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/dOcAUF6 via IFTTT

Hospitals in England will be cancelling operations and other appointments, health bosses warn. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/eoQVjDv via IFTTT

A peer-reviewed study connects the virus with animals sold in the market linked with early cases. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/XyE2pwu via IFTTT

Jabs will start to be offered from mid-June, after government vaccine experts made recommendation. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ZJnf8Pq via IFTTT

The late campaigner's family vow to do all they can to prevent cancer deaths, as fund raises £11.3m. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/NatvodJ via IFTTT

The British Medical Association is refusing to provide any exemptions for life and limb cover next week. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xXWKNFc via IFTTT

Olaparib specifically targets cancers caused by faulty genes, like BRCA, and could be life-saving. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/MmjbAZw via IFTTT

Kathleen Poole, a British 74-year-old care home resident, was facing deportation from Sweden. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Qdrmthw via IFTTT

Thousands of families could receive compensation payments in scandal that killed more than 3,000 people. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/yqFHciC via IFTTT

Bedridden Kathleen Poole faces a "disgraceful" attempt to deport her to the UK, her family say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/f0QCAlz via IFTTT

The risk to the public is very low, but people are urged to protect themselves from the tiny bugs. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/I5Sb14o via IFTTT

Money from the Bowelbabe fund will go to research into the prevention and treatment of bowel cancer. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/WfVDw8z via IFTTT

A post warned striking doctors with a sponsored visa they would be reported "to the Border Force". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ORLNqiA via IFTTT

Ailsa explains what it is like facing progressive MS and hopes the new Octopus trial can help her. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/bHMNWZI via IFTTT

TikTok's most famous dermatologist Dr Muneeb Shah is sharing his top tips for the holy month. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/qVKiL0U via IFTTT

Eight of England's 11 ambulance trusts are ordering 655 replacement ambulances and 51 new ones. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/SyGu4gR via IFTTT

Money allocated for training and technology is being reduced from £500 million to £250 million. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/aZ3BiQH via IFTTT

A baby boy needed breathing support minutes after he was attacked by nurse Lucy Letby, a court hears. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/TVYzXb0 via IFTTT

The government is minded to make the Essex investigation a statutory inquiry, the BBC understands. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/E1cv7Nh via IFTTT

Embarrassment over talking about women's body parts may put people off seeking medical help. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/zGm95cV via IFTTT