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Branwen Jeffreys asks if more spending on healthcare in Germany improves the system.
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Sexual health experts say there needs to be more research into how effective fertility tracking apps are at preventing pregnancy.
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Baby Daphne-Louise was given just nine minutes to live after complications during labour.
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A record number of people waited more than 12 hours on A&E trolleys in January in England.
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"It's about 3% of our population that use about 50% of the resources."
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A day in the life of "modern matron" Kathryn Carruthers at Northwick Park Hospital, north London.
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Patients stranded in hospital speak of their distress as the BBC uncovers the longest delays.
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A review found "significant gaps" in rotas and "insufficient senior cover" at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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A £600m bid to transform west Wales NHS services is being finalised as health chiefs warn time has run out for "sticking plaster" solutions.
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Eileen has been treated in an "extra care" bed, in North Yorkshire.
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Prime Minister Theresa May is told of "unacceptable levels of safety concerns for patients".
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With rising demand and shrinking budgets, who is receiving social care from the state?
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At Prime Minister's Questions, Jeremy Corbyn reads out leaked texts about funding for Surrey County Council.
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Wakefield is seen as a pioneer in helping more patients stay at home and saving the NHS money.
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Plans to treat more patients in the community are not easing NHS pressures, says a watchdog.
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BBC reporter Ed Thomas has had exclusive access to discover what life is like in the NHS.
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Hypothyroidism affects one in 70 women and one in 1,000 men, but it can be tricky to diagnose and treat
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The BBC's Ed Thomas reports from the Royal Blackburn Hospital - where staff struggle daily to find available patient beds.
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Tumours were not found until months after Patricia Ann Whitehouse first saw a GP, her family claims.
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As ex-footballer Rio Ferdinand says he is yet to "grieve properly" for his wife, three men share their experiences of losing a partner.
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Stacey and Leigh Oswin are using crowdfunding to try to have a baby through the NHS.
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A GP practice in Plymouth is using paramedics and pharmacists to free up doctors to see more patients.
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The length of GP consultations in the NHS is "crazy" and risks undermining care, doctors warn.
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Deaths classed as "unexpected" at mental health trusts include suicide, neglect and misadventure.
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Brandon Marshall, who is 6ft 11.5ins (2.12m) tall, hopes to become a professional basketball player.
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A new type of male contraceptive that plugs sperm flow with a gel is successful in monkey trials.
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Frontline staff on how they cope with the intense pressures of working for the NHS.
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The "seven-day NHS" has been a key pledge of the Conservative government. But is it feasible?
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Breakthrough in mice paves the way for human treatments for hearing loss.
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BBC News was given exclusive, unrestricted access to A&E for one week. This is the result.
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Lasers that spot whether tissue is healthy or cancerous is being tested.
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A case of female genital mutilation (FGM) is either discovered or treated at a medical appointment in England every hour, a charity has said.
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Find out what is happening to the health service in your local area in England.
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Showing arachnopohobes images of spiders so briefly they remain unaware of them could help overcome their fear.
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The shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth talks frankly about his childhood spent growing up with an alcoholic father - but insists he "was lucky".
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BBC analysis shows most hospitals have too many patients on wards, risking infections and delays in care.
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NHS England will charge overseas patients before non-urgent care, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
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More than 50,000 sought mental health advice in 2016 - with girls far likelier to call than boys.
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Justin Webb looks at an elderly Bristol woman's struggle to find a care home place.
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Children need to know where they can turn for help, says a mental health charity.
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Two men in Giles Cooper's family died from breast cancer - then he got the disease.
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When her daughter, Thalya, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, Chantal Onelien's initial reaction was shock. But, as Adam Harris reports, it was only the beginning of a long and difficult fight.
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The NHS is in the middle of its toughest winter for many years. So how are the four UK nations performing?
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Patients are meant to be seen in 18 weeks in England, but hospitals are struggling to cope with demand.
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From the beginning to the end of a lifetime, patients recount their experiences of the NHS.
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One man's experience of life on an NHS waiting list - and the transformation once he left it.
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A man with motor neurone disease tests his Yorkshire accent voice synthesiser live on air.
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More people are raising money online to pay for cancer therapies not available on the NHS.
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Scientists say it is the first study showing antibiotics forcing apart bacteria.
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