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DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Child in Uganda dies of virus

Mer, 12/06/2019 - 16:30
A five-year-old boy is the first death confirmed in Uganda, after hundreds died in DR Congo.
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Trust me, I’m a disabled doctor

Mer, 12/06/2019 - 06:13
Limb loss, dyslexia and mental health difficulties - and that's just the medical staff.
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GP 'ghost patients' to be investigated by NHS fraud squad

Mer, 12/06/2019 - 02:53
Investigators will try to find out whether GPs have been claiming fees for non-existent patients.
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Music festival lighting 'can trigger epileptic fits'

Mer, 12/06/2019 - 02:39
Strobe lighting at dance music festivals can increase the risk of epileptic seizures, researchers warn.
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Education: Wales NHS bill will rise without PE lessons

Mer, 12/06/2019 - 01:06
The new curriculum for Wales does not specify a set amount of physical activity every week.
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North Essex Partnership: Review ordered into mental health trust failings

Mer, 12/06/2019 - 01:04
Two men died and health staff did not learn from "repeated and critical" failings, a report says.
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MSPs vote to approve opt-out organ donation system

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 19:18
MSPs overwhelmingly vote in favour of legislation setting up an "opt-out" system of organ donation.
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Newham General Hospital apology over woman's cat bite death

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 17:14
Newham General Hospital apologises after a patient was sent home without the appropriate treatment.
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Contaminated blood inquiry: 'My four brothers died'

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 16:53
John Cornes, one of six brothers infected by contaminated blood, said his family had been "ripped apart".
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Contaminated blood inquiry: 'We watched them all die'

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 13:16
John Cornes is one of six brothers infected by contaminated blood through NHS transfusions.
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Contaminated blood inquiry: Family's call for justice

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 13:00
Jackie Tomkinson's husband David died of Aids after receiving infected blood products.
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'Our life savings are spent on care that should be free'

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 04:04
Vulnerable patients are missing out on NHS funding for care they are legally entitled to, it's claimed.
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Postcode lottery for speech therapy, says commissioner

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 03:23
England's children's commissioner highlights "enormous variation" in money spent across the regions.
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Postpartum psychosis: 'I always feared I’d go mad, and when I had my son I did'

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 01:21
Jen Wight had a good job, was happily married and had just given birth to a baby boy. But then things started to go wrong.
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Shrewsbury hospital nurse is swimming the River Severn

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 01:02
The 220-mile challenge to swim the River Severn from source to sea is under way for charity.
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Big data 'can stop malaria outbreaks before they start'

Mar, 11/06/2019 - 00:53
Technology in Norway is helping to stop malaria deaths thousands of miles away in Bangladesh.
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Female scientist's IVF contribution was 'unrecognised'

Lun, 10/06/2019 - 18:25
Letters from one the fertility treatment's pioneers says Jean Purdy contributed as much as him.
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Inside Scotland's first addiction recovery village

Lun, 10/06/2019 - 17:00
Alex speaks of life in Scotland's first recovery village where patients hope to work as staff.
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Australian nurses fill Scots shortages after NHS Grampian recruitment drive

Lun, 10/06/2019 - 15:23
It is hoped almost 100 nurses could be working in hospitals in the north east of Scotland by the end of the year.
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Blood donation: What are the rules about giving blood?

Lun, 10/06/2019 - 14:19
The number of men and women giving blood in the UK has fallen - here's how to know if you can do it.
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