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The healthcare regulator seeks urgent assurances over patient safety at Newcastle Hospitals.

Will Grocott, 15, is the first to receive treatment from the service at Addenbrooke's Hospital.

BBC journalist Anna Varle shares her experience of skin cancer to raise awareness.

Asthma and Lung UK says people with breathing difficulties are being denied the diagnosis they need.

Asian women are being encouraged to push past cultural stigma and get checked for breast cancer.

There are calls for both sides to end the doctors' pay row, ahead of joint strike action next week.

Hospital admissions have risen since the summer and a new variant is spreading. Should we be concerned?

The 19-year-old is named as Sudiksha Thirumalesh after legal restrictions are lifted.

Further evidence emerges that a serious infection can leave some major organs with long-term damage.

Ella, nine, finds hospital "boring" and loves the lessons which are believed to be a hospital first.

Doctors reprogrammed eight-year-old Aditi's immune system so she does not need daily anti-rejection drugs.

A student who ignored the symptoms of meningitis urges others to be aware of the signs.

The 18-year-old man died in a Scottish hospital after drinking an excessive amount of water.

Patients affected by walk-outs by NHS staff say they are frustrated and anxious.

Staff in some parts of the hospital have to work around metal props supporting the ceiling.

Orla Guerin visits a hospital and clinic in Ukraine, where 15,000 lost limbs in the first half of 2023.

Unused medication costs Northern Ireland an estimated 18m annually, the Department of Health says.

Scotland's drugs minister says the plan would strike a balance between public health and the impact on business.

Concern mounts about costs of walkouts in England, as doctors charge premium rates to provide cover.

Consultants and junior doctors in England begin their first joint strike across the NHS in England.

Nicky Newman, who inspired with her brave outlook despite having stage four breast cancer, has died.

Covid vaccine rules are changing, but those most at risk are being offered another jab this autumn.

Ella Hines, 24, has Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, which increases her chances of getting cancer by 90%.

John Stabler says the pain he felt after routine surgery was like being hit "with a sledgehammer".

New analysis finds most children had a significant change in their mental health while on the drugs.

The study says action needs to be taken to improve the health of people who are about to retire.

NHS Gloucestershire puts temporary changes in place while members of the BMA union walkout.

The rollout has been brought forward as a precaution against a highly-mutated new Covid variant.

Ava Stanley from Higham says she "thought she was going to die" when nurses ignored her heart monitor.

Northampton General Hospital is told to compensate a pregnant woman for repeated failings.

Medics say they can do no more for six-month-old Indi but her parents are opposing the decision.

The sexually transmitted infection is at record levels in the UK and students are most at risk.

There is enough scientific evidence for some less conventional "body and mind" approaches, say experts.

The findings, which had been a mystery for decades, give new ideas for treating the disease.

Archie's Caravan in Filey provides free holidays to families also facing childhood cancer.

Rishi Sunak blames doctors' strikes as a record 7.7 million people wait for hospital care in England.

The NHS must ensure patients know they have the right to a second opinion, the health secretary says.

The NHS pulled funding for the service, saying it was never intended to be a national helpline.

The treatment has been recommended by health experts and will soon be available on the NHS.

France joins several other European countries that are trying to stop children using e-cigarettes.

The talks will cover what extra support is needed in England amid strikes and growing waiting lists.

The Care Quality Commission says the troubled service has improved - but more needs to be done.

Researchers hope it could eventually lead to new ways of treating age-related macular degeneration.

It comes after women told BBC News of assaults by senior surgical colleagues in the operating theatre.

Fewer than five patients have been prescribed whole-cannabis medicine, despite it becoming legal in 2018.

Under the law change possessing the drug would carry a sentence of up to two years in prison or a large fine.

Trainees are being abused by senior male surgeons, a major analysis given to the BBC reveals.

A coroner says Melissa Kerr should have been made aware of the dangers of the operation in Turkey.

Martha Mills, 13, died when doctors failed to spot and treat a sepsis infection early enough.

Shannon Doherty spoke out after her baby son, Rian, became critically ill with the infection.