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The Care Quality Commission warning comes after Priory Group's biggest hospital is told to improve. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/NAYEezw via IFTTT

Rimegepant will be available only to adults who have tried at least three other preventative drugs. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/lHuTRVK via IFTTT

Inspectors find there were 30 "red flags" raised at an NHS hospital serving Norfolk and Suffolk. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/bLMiXOP via IFTTT

Kylie Weatherby originally found out she had cancer when pregnant with twins in 2021. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Ry2dX1C via IFTTT

Lacie wears an eye patch to treat her condition and says the new app helps her want to keep it on. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/AhZewiF via IFTTT

Scientists discover 4,000-year-old plague DNA - the oldest evidence of the disease in Britain. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/tuf1gOF via IFTTT

The man who led China's pandemic response says inquiries into its origins should consider everything. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/8kpj4XS via IFTTT

Rishi Sunak says he is 'deeply concerned' by the rising number of under-18s using vapes. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/QNUeslv via IFTTT

A mother is warning others to look out for symptoms of necrotising fasciitis, after she nearly died. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/FcqeUuw via IFTTT

The UK's largest police force will introduce the move from September to free up officer resources. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/A7ChOQn via IFTTT

Infertility can devastate people's mental health, relationships, finances and career, a charity says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ho20dHG via IFTTT

Why has an NHS Trust failed to improve maternity care after a near-decade of failure? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/aVOAjSI via IFTTT

The High Court judge rules there is no new evidence linking the tests with harm to babies. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/geGsDu4 via IFTTT

Dr Caitlin Bernard drew a national spotlight after speaking to media about treating a 10-year-old. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/aHMpqV2 via IFTTT

Some pupils are struggling to access period products in schools, data shared with BBC News suggests. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/tiU4ET8 via IFTTT

Chemical Intelligence won £162m of government contracts to supply personal protective equipment. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/1bfkRVl via IFTTT

The billionaire's Neuralink implant company wants to help restore people's vision and mobility. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/MFyeuG2 via IFTTT

The public accounts committee calls for more support for alcohol treatment to save money and lives. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/8f1blXZ via IFTTT

The sites in England were all developed using a lightweight concrete with a limited lifespan. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/y3HP9Bk via IFTTT

Rishi Sunak says he is looking at strengthening marketing rules for e-cigarettes. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/18sKLyl via IFTTT

Weight issues are a growing threat to public health and the economy, a county director says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/vqr8X6a via IFTTT

BBC economics editor Faisal Islam asks whether a historic surge in industrial action is likely to persist. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Xnr50If via IFTTT

The effect is about a third that of a taking daily cholesterol-lowering statin, research suggests. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/4vLBuMA via IFTTT

Murder-accused nurse Lucy Letby says there was "raw sewage coming out of sinks" at the hospital. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/m3ZGCK9 via IFTTT

A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/LPF9bpw via IFTTT

Jennie Gow, who had a stroke in December, says she is determined to come back "as strong as ever". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/BWP08t4 via IFTTT

The senior doctor is recorded questioning why changes to the controversial Tavistock clinic are required. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3rG8ZnU via IFTTT

Numbers on the register reach a record high but the regulator is worried about the amount leaving the profession. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/nkSWdyq via IFTTT

A doctor appears at tribunal over the appointments with four female patients in 2016. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/CHJ4hdR via IFTTT

A victim of a doctor jailed for abusing children speaks of his continuing battle nearly a decade on. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/RuyzD7K via IFTTT

They will walk out between 07:00 on Wednesday 14 June and 07:00 on Saturday 17 June. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/KwvnxCE via IFTTT

Rape, assault or being touched without consent accounted for more than one in five cases. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/HChSe4O via IFTTT

Lab analysis finds vapes confiscated from teenagers at a school pose a potential risk to health. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/hw9Sl4H via IFTTT

The labels, which come into force in 2026, will contain health warnings and a calorie count. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/DYIHkyL via IFTTT

The presenter shares her diagnosis of debilitating womb disorder adenomyosis with BBC Radio 5 Live listeners. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/8fyRcHG via IFTTT

The footballer fought back tears as he described the bravery of Isla Grist, who has the rare condition. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/x4JEkO6 via IFTTT

The Bristol Distinguished Gentleman's Ride team are heading from Cheddar to Keynsham. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Ul1QYKt via IFTTT

London's mayor said a number of events coming together had had a "cumulative" effect on his health. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/l3IskiE via IFTTT

Sir Keir Starmer says if elected he would aim to cut suicide, heart disease and stroke deaths. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/wTZEaUz via IFTTT

Shadow health secretary says regional waiting lists could help people get hospital treatment quicker. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/AMX7h40 via IFTTT

Other HRT treatments have faced similar limits but ministers say there is good stock of most products. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/4hspgUP via IFTTT

Model Rosie Viva was experiencing mania when she triggered the mass evacuation of Stansted Airport. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/0X5B2Nz via IFTTT

The psychological scars of Russia's invasion are starting to show in Ukraine, at the front and at home. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/uQre3JS via IFTTT

The party says fewer people would be waiting if the government had maximised use of private clinics. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/8Qy3ln5 via IFTTT

Lucy Letby accuses a "gang of four" of "apportioning blame" on to her "to cover up" hospital failings. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/1Wp3ca4 via IFTTT

A father from north Wales has set up a petition with 100,000 signatures calling for action. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/XyvbH5n via IFTTT

A hairdresser says she was shocked to be asked whether one of her sons needs dietary help. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3DGls21 via IFTTT

The results could open up new ways to spot, treat and prevent some diseases, including cancer, experts say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/QbC42ug via IFTTT

Nurse Lucy Letby is accused of killing the two babies on the neo-natal ward where she worked. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/rbUzRGB via IFTTT

Trials are taking place in Cambridge, where the technology was developed. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/26ozfng via IFTTT

A care home resident, 80, died after an ambulance was stood down due to a do not resuscitate order. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/7XuT1Wx via IFTTT

Volunteers will test a pill designed to remove radioactive contamination from the body. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/9qyQ7oA via IFTTT

A young woman with a rare disease says she is not being supported to have any quality of life. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/LvJWB2N via IFTTT

One patient says the treatment reduced the "tiny traumas" she has gone through during the illness. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/KMlYeWE via IFTTT

Menopausing is Book of the Year and Salman Rushdie gets a special accolade at British Book Awards from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/bMcPlKz via IFTTT

Psychiatrists and mental health charities say digital therapies are no substitute for one-to-one care. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/SIg7XYy via IFTTT

Researcher Joseph Dituri has been living underwater in the Florida Keys for more than 70 days. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/NajX9fo via IFTTT

Elijah died at 12 days old and his parents say authorities have left them "in limbo". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/OJdjvz3 via IFTTT

A BBC journalist was told "You do not have ADHD" by an NHS doctor - but private clinics said otherwise. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/AeLqzfs via IFTTT

Towie star Gemma Collins is urging people to be more open and less embarrassed about the subject. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/nu5tBvT via IFTTT

An undercover journalist for Panorama is diagnosed and given drugs without proper checks. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/zaitsn5 via IFTTT

Cancer experts want VAT removed to make sun creams more affordable in the cost-of-living crisis. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/20FW5rE via IFTTT

Union boss Pat Cullen urges ministers to reopen pay talks in England after her members rejected a 5% offer. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/RtUD3mu via IFTTT

The blood-borne virus can lead to liver disease and cancer, but symptoms often go unnoticed. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/mCtrk0p via IFTTT

Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both died from herpes infections after Caesarean births. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/QcHSCfZ via IFTTT

The Countess of Chester trust chief executive also accuses the chairman of putting finance over safety. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/OE41SYl via IFTTT

The Brown Clee Patients Group hopes to remove some of the financial burden for incoming GPs. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/YLmJ1je via IFTTT

The conference in Norwich will hear from one woman who felt she needed to shower all the time. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/qkAslLG via IFTTT

Little is known about the early stages of Parkinson's, as much damage occurs before symptoms appear. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EOZQPgY via IFTTT

Tougher penalties may be introduced for the street drug that has led to people jumping off buildings. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/T7vPzxG via IFTTT

Experts say it was the wrong place for the 16-year-old, but she had nowhere else to go. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/zsSFLIE via IFTTT

School leavers would be able to enrol to become doctors without having to pay to go to university. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/XgpMneS via IFTTT

The technique uses an internal camera and aims to reduce patients' pain and hospital stay. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/D2Nv4H3 via IFTTT

The 86-year-old is able to climb stairs and do laps of the garden at an Edinburgh nursing home. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/JhulNA0 via IFTTT

Most of the baby's DNA comes from their two parents, with a small percentage from a donor. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/PAl1M3w via IFTTT

Dr Preshan Jeevaratnam's surgery is visited by the prime minister in his home town of Southampton. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/j5so4cr via IFTTT

Checking claims about how many doctors are working in general practice in England. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xVoByeD via IFTTT

Paralympic champion Charlotte Henshaw on the challenges she faces training and competing while living with endometriosis. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ywHMgud via IFTTT

Whistleblowers from a rehab unit claim patients are left in bed all day without therapy. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/jtAm0ov via IFTTT

Emma Taylor was in a coma when she had a C-section in October, and doctors then found a brain tumour. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/VIXYQcO via IFTTT

Will a healthcare approach that has been successful in poorer parts of Brazil work in the UK? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xCNX6cP via IFTTT

The plan would see people able to access their records by smartphone without needing to call their GP. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/D3i45u6 via IFTTT

Data shows there are now fewer local chemists than at any time since 2015, despite rising demand. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/49jzEop via IFTTT

Covid-19 global health emergency is over, more than three years after being declared - WHO says from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ljTOEsG via IFTTT

Around 15,000 children are not fully immunised against measles, mumps and rubella, a report finds. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/P0yMtKX via IFTTT

Experts warn of a lack of a trained support workers to teach key life skills others learn through sight. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ZUAcybo via IFTTT

Parents encouraged to check their children are up to date with their vaccinations. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/GX6ewgU via IFTTT

Officials say the vaccine against the deadly virus could be rolled out for older adults by August. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/zgFMYoc via IFTTT

An anti-vaccine conspiracy film is supercharging the harassment of bereaved people from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3YvEuKC via IFTTT

A report says the NHS is failing to meet targets around services for pregnant women and new mums. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/c9sNExO via IFTTT

The second such drug in a year raises hopes we can start treating dementia. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/mhGZ7A8 via IFTTT

Content about the condition generates billions of views, but is it driving too many to self-diagnose? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/sMpGLQv via IFTTT

More rigorous trials are needed to confirm the findings, the Canadian researchers say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Mmb5qFE via IFTTT

Three-year-old Taiwo, who weighed just 9.8kg (1st 5lb), died of malnutrition and dehydration. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/f4D06gM via IFTTT

Ministers agree to pay 5% rise in England, but nurses still threatening strike action. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/gRBGFAC via IFTTT

The government is meeting 14 NHS unions on Tuesday to try to reach a pay settlement. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/nxTAKqL via IFTTT

Raychel Ferguson was nine when she died at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in 2001. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/7Oeuxtp via IFTTT

Hospitals that refused life-saving care during an emergency broke federal rules, health officials say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/QsKGFuB via IFTTT

A meeting later is likely to see a deal in England agreed but nurses are still threatening strikes. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/B4zLi0H via IFTTT