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|  | on  (#3DKKR) Hospital safety is being "compromised to an unacceptable degree", Welsh emergency consultants warn. | 
|  | on  (#3DKVE) Latest weekly figures show rise in numbers of patients going to their GP and being admitted to hospital. | 
|  | on  (#3DM1G) Noel Conway wins the right to challenge a High Court decision against changing the law on assisted dying. | 
|  | on  (#3DDMV) The latest weekly figures showed that 77.9% of patients were dealt with within the four-hour target time. | 
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|  | on  (#3DK12) Testing everyone for cancer risk genes would save lives and is cost effective say doctors. | 
|  | on  (#3DK69) A mother-of-two from Pembroke Dock wants to see cannabis legalised to help ease symptoms like hers. | 
|  | on  (#3DHM8) The deaths occurred when a trust did not move into its highest emergency level, Clive Lewis MP says. | 
|  | on  (#3DGNZ) The government creates a new ministerial role, which continues the work of the late MP Jo Cox. | 
|  | on  (#3DHYK) A scheme to let parents close their streets to cars so children can play is hugely beneficial to one young resident, who has autism and severe anxiety. | 
|  | on  (#3DKKT) A former patient says Simon Bramhall is a "man of excellence." | 
|  | on  (#3DHGS) Nurses haven been an integral part of the NHS since its inception. Here they talk about what has changed. | 
|  | on  (#3DG9B) More than one in 10 leave the NHS in England every year, enough to staff more than 20 hospitals. | 
|  | on  (#3DG9D) From nurses who operate on their patients to those who run general practices, nursing is changing. | 
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|  | on  (#3DFTR) Why are so many nurses quitting the NHS? One, Mary, tells us her reasons. | 
|  | on  (#3DF03) Numbers of cases have been increasing since late 2017 and are linked to ongoing large outbreaks in Europe. | 
|  | on  (#3DEKX) Can you sneeze with your eyes open and what is the best way to stop a sneeze? | 
|  | on  (#3DEAZ) Using an "honesty box" to voice their concerns, medical staff say they fear patients' safety is being risked. | 
|  | on  (#3DCSP) Experts say maternity wards are still making the same "avoidable errors". | 
|  | on  (#3DDCM) A BBC survey found 70% of women did not tell their employers about their menopause symptoms. | 
|  | on  (#3DDCG) There is an appetite for bold changes in the NHS and social care in Wales, says an expert review. | 
|  | on  (#3DDCJ) Doctors and a defence contractor are among those buying bogus qualifications, a BBC probe finds. | 
|  | on  (#3DCSM) Clamping your nose and mouth shut when you need to sneeze is dangerous, doctors warn the public. | 
|  | on  (#3DCSR) The Hord family were given an £8m settlement after an NHS mistake. But what does it pay for? | 
|  | on  (#3DDCP) A rapid rise in flu cases and a spell of severe weather has put additional pressure on the NHS in Scotland. | 
|  | on  (#3DBJP) There have been 4,000 suspected cases of diphtheria in the overcrowded refugee camps and at least 31 deaths. | 
|  | on  (#3DB9C) Bottles of the famous fizzy drink will be smaller and more expensive from March onwards. | 
|  | on  (#3DBFT) But bosses insist medical students helping meet winter NHS demand will work within their abilities. | 
|  | on  (#3DB9E) Children undergoing cancer treatment receive beads to document their journey and one mum wants to expand the scheme. | 
|  | on  (#3DAJ4) The capital has breached air pollution limits by 6 January every year since 2008. | 
|  | on  (#3DBCK) Northern Ireland's chief nursing officer says NI emergency departments are "not in crisis". | 
|  | on  (#3DA8B) The Falkands veteran says Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly saved his life and transformed field medicine. | 
|  | on  (#3D9ZW) New guidelines aim to cut UK teenage pregnancy rates which remain among the highest in Europe. | 
|  | on  (#3DAJ6) The boss of French firm Lactalis says up to 12 million boxes of formula are now subject to a recall. | 
|  | on  (#3D6VH) "I'm not going to get better, I'm just going to get worse," says Daniel Bradbury. | 
|  | on  (#3D5H5) In one case a 14-year-old's adult teeth were removed due to fizzy drinks and they needed false teeth. | 
|  | on  (#3D3T5) Simon Bramhall is fined for branding his initials on two patients' livers. | 
|  | on  (#3D2NZ) Young breast cancer patients with faulty BRCA genes have the same survival chances as those without, a study has found. | 
|  | on  (#3D4AQ) Professionals are asking for earlier and better treatment for this poorly understood condition. | 
|  | on  (#3D3D8) Liver transplant patient Ellie Lacey urges other UK nations to move to presumed consent organ donation. | 
|  | on  (#3D3HV) Tributes are paid to an 18-year-old woman who died in hospital a week after becoming ill. | 
|  | on  (#3D2VR) The sexual and urinary health of cyclists is comparable with runners and swimmers, a study suggests. | 
|  | on  (#3D3HX) Theresa May criticised the NHS in Wales for missing targets and claimed funding had been cut. | 
|  | on  (#3D2MC) The world famous magician performs tricks at a youth club and offers its members some advice. | 
|  | on  (#3D2P1) Jake Tyler began his epic expedition after suffering a "breakdown" in April 2016. | 
|  | on  (#3CZC2) Doctors write to the PM warning care is being compromised by 'intolerable' conditions this winter. | 
|  | on  (#3D0V9) Hospitals in England are seeing very high rates of patients with flu, according to Public Health England. | 
|  | on  (#3D095) The battery-powered devices are designed to be worn more discreetly than traditional pumps. |