 |
on (#V3AE)
The Health Secretary is not ruling out going to independent arbitration at ACAS at some stage in the dispute with junior doctors in England, according to the Department of Health.
|
BBC News
| Link | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health |
| Feed | http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/health/rss.xml |
| Copyright | Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms-of-use/#15metadataandrssfeeds for terms and conditions of reuse. |
| Updated | 2025-11-01 00:01 |
 |
on (#V1MK)
Junior doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted in favour of going on strike in their dispute with ministers over a new contract.
|
 |
on (#V2NY)
The young doctor who treated first casualties of the Paris attacks
|
 |
on (#V2JX)
The results of a ballot of junior doctors in England are to be unveiled later, with a vote in favour of strikes widely expected.
|
 |
on (#V2HN)
Jeremy Hughes, the chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society since 2010, says that he took a very direct route to find out what life in a care home is like - by staying in a care home himself to learn the reality.
|
 |
on (#V2PW)
The campaign to stop women having to pay to use public toilets in India
|
 |
on (#V1MJ)
Crisis talks are taking place later between care home owners and council leaders amid mounting concern a large number of providers are preparing to pull out of the market.
|
 |
on (#V1MM)
Hospitals are missing key opportunities to save the lives of hundreds of babies in the UK, an investigation into stillbirths shows.
|
 |
on (#TZM9)
A free HIV home-testing kit has been launched across England as the latest figures show 18,100 people in the UK are unaware they have the infection.
|
 |
on (#TZ05)
Three junior doctors discuss why they support going on strike against proposed changes to their contracts.
|
 |
 |
on (#TYX9)
A ballot of junior doctors closes this afternoon, which could lead to the first all-out strike in NHS history.
|
 |
on (#TYMQ)
A huge and potentially inappropriate surge in antibiotic prescriptions in winter has been identified through the first detailed maps of seasonal prescribing in England.
|
 |
on (#TXYX)
Nearly one in four areas of England has unacceptably high rates of early deaths among people with mental health problems, a report suggests.
|
 |
on (#TXY0)
Tracey Butler was being treated for schizophrenia, and says symptoms of physical illness were not taken seriously.
|
 |
on (#TY57)
Sierra Leona celebrates with twerking policemen and doctors
|
 |
on (#TW6P)
The family of a woman with autism who had to be cared for in England because there was no suitable facility in Wales launches a judicial review against the Welsh government.
|
 |
 |
on (#TVRC)
A new study says there will be a shortage of nearly 200,000 care-workers in the UK within the next five years, as Alison Holt reports.
|
 |
on (#TV25)
A new treatment for pancreatic cancer could significantly increase survival rates, Ulster University has claimed.
|
 |
on (#TTEY)
A US firefighter, who suffered severe burns while attempting to save a woman, has a new face after undergoing the world's most extensive facial transplant.
|
 |
on (#TTA6)
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 21-day-old baby, has recovered, raising hopes that the country will be declared free of the disease.
|
on (#TT8G)
A life-extending breast cancer drug will not be routinely offered on the NHS in England and Wales because it is still too expensive, says the watchdog NICE.
 |
on (#TRTY)
US surgeons say they have carried out the world's most extensive face transplant to date, including the entire scalp, ears and eyelids.
|
 |
on (#TR2A)
A new study aimed at improving care for premature babies is launched by Sarah Brown, wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown.
|
on (#TR2C)
An HIV charity calls for more people to get tested early for the infection to halt the trend of late diagnosis and deaths in Scotland.
 |
on (#TQNF)
AstraZeneca and pharmaceutical bodies warn of a "terrible human cost" unless new ways of funding antibiotics are found.
|
 |
on (#TPG6)
A medical dressing that changes colour when it detects infection could cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics, say scientists at Bath University.
|
 |
 |
on (#TKZS)
Manufacturers need to do more to prevent the light from smartphones and tablets disrupting people's sleep, says a leading doctor.
|
 |
on (#THE3)
Scientists find out more about why malaria parasites thrive within mosquitoes and humans - and suggest it is down to the role of cyclins.
|
 |
on (#TEF1)
Ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on an NHS blacklist of banned treatments, the BBC learns.
|
 |
on (#TDY8)
A new study finds that obesity rates among US adults are on the rise again after years of slow decline.
|
 |
on (#TD32)
Plans to get contraceptives to 120 million more women in the world's poorest countries are behind track, a report by campaigners and donors is warning.
|
 |
on (#TCJC)
Victoria Derbyshire hosts a discussion with a GP and three women who have gone through the menopause as new guidance is published on its treatment.
on (#TBH9)
The NHS is missing many of its key targets with more patients getting stuck in hospital, latest figures show.
 |
on (#TAMV)
England's health watchdog says doctors should be more prepared to discuss hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a possible treatment for the menopause.
|
 |
on (#TBKV)
How can a 'ripple effect' make 40 pupil faint?
|
 |
on (#TBHA)
A United Nations report says pregnancy-related deaths have fallen by almost 50% since 1990, but only nine countries hit UN targets.
|
 |
on (#TAZV)
Cuts to adult mental health services in England have started damaging the quality of care given to patients, a report suggests.
|
 |
on (#TAZX)
UK hospices could see a significant increase in Muslim patients in the coming years, in part due to changes to the traditional family structure, a report suggests.
|
 |
on (#TCKW)
Are there similarities between the latest impasse and the fight over the Lansley reforms?
|
 |
on (#TAMX)
Doctors have expressed alarm at a seemingly sharp fall in the number of people having the seasonal flu jab.
|
 |
on (#TAGE)
A Scottish nurse who was readmitted to hospital after suffering complications arising from the Ebola infection is discharged after making a full recovery.
|
 |
 |
on (#T7R4)
Every year, NHS hospitals issue tens of millions of pills to treat patients on their wards and keeping costs under control has always been difficult.
|
 |
on (#T733)
BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire records a video diary of her first cycle of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer in July.
|
 |
on (#T5JW)
There are more than 50,000 people in the NHS who earned more than £100,000 in 2013-14, an investigation by the Taxpayers' Alliance and Daily Mail shows.
|
on (#T5FS)
For the first time, doctors breach the human brain's protective layer to deliver chemotherapy to a tumour.