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| Updated | 2025-11-03 19:01 |
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The number of people spending more than 12 hours in accident and emergency in Wales is at its highest since records began in 2012.
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A pioneering approach for helping families in care cases is to be extended.
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Doctors need to say no to patients even those insistent on having antibiotics.
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Patients and visitors are to be banned from using electronic cigarettes in hospital grounds across Scotland within weeks.
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Art has long played a part in treating mental health patients, as a new museum showcasing the collection of Bethlem Hospital demonstrates.
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Doctors should snoop on their colleagues to ensure they are not prescribing too many antibiotics, the NHS in England suggests.
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An NHS hospital trust in Cornwall declares a "black alert" due to pressures on the health service.
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An inspection at Aberdeen's dental school finds that a number of patients were harmed while receiving treatment by students.
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Newsnight follows a veteran neurosurgeon for a day, witnessing his frustrations about the conditions in which he and his colleagues now work.
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A major European obesity project has concluded that urgent strategies are needed to prevent obesity in mothers-to-be to protect the health of their future children.
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All the evidence suggests standardised cigarette packs would reduce the number of people who start smoking and save lives, claim scientists.
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Afghanistan veteran Ben Parkinson is learning to walk again after a pioneering course of treatment using pure oxygen to repair damaged tissue.
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Smoking "skunk-like" cannabis could increase the risk of serious mental health problems, a report says.
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Using potent forms of cannabis is a factor in 24% of new psychosis cases analysed by King's College London researchers.
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Many schools in Liberia reopen six months after they were closed to try to curb the spread of the world's deadliest Ebola outbreak.
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A new network of £30m research centres is being launched by Alzheimer's Research UK to spearhead the search for an Alzheimer's cure.
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Schools are reopening in Liberia on Monday following closure due to the epidemic of the deadly Ebola disease.
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More than 1,500 victims of the conflict in Syria have received medical treatment in Israel since the country's bitter civil war began.
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A new network of £30m research centres is being launched by Alzheimer's Research UK to spearhead the search for an Alzheimer's cure.
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Two experiments with light are trying to help Swedish citizens cope with the long dark winters.
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The discovery of almonds in three products not advertised as containing nuts prompts a wider investigation by the Food Standards Agency.
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People who are obese or have alcohol or drug problems could have their sickness benefits cut if they refuse treatment, David Cameron says, as he launches a review of the system.
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Scientists in Cambridge have developed a revolutionary device that could be used to detect lung cancer on a person's breath.
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The prime minister asks a health adviser to review whether people with obesity or drug problems should have sickness benefits cut if they refuse treatment.
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An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to finally eradicate polio.
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The entire consultant team running Accident and Emergency services at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch has resigned.
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Fewer people are drinking alcohol and it's because of young adults
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Binge-drinking among young adults in Britain is continuing to fall, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
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Taking hormone replacement therapy for even short periods of time can increase the risk of ovarian cancer, analysis of 52 studies finds.
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Waiting times for A&E patients have improved slightly in the past week, figures show, with NHS bosses suggesting they give grounds for "cautious optimism".
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How smart phones could be used to help people with depression
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Using a playful screen name, starting with a letter near the beginning of the alphabet, could be the key to online dating success, a study suggests.
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Should parents of obese children be punished?
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Professionals who fail to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in children could face the sack under a new law for England and Wales.
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Two healthcare workers flown to the UK with suspected Ebola have been discharged from hospital in London.
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A row has erupted about links between the sugar industry and scientists that advise government on obesity.
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With tasty treats like artisan breads, pizzas and toasted focaccias, one creative north London bakery doubles as a project for people recovering from mental ill health.
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Guidance is being issued about the use of hidden cameras to monitor the care of people in hospitals and care homes in England.
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Drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their car from October if they are carrying children as passengers.
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An inquiry into the treatment of whistleblowers in the NHS has heard "shocking" accounts of the suffering of staff who have raised concerns.
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Scientists have uncovered more than 90 new gene regions that could help explain why some people are more likely to put on weight than others.
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Google begins providing doctor-checked medical guidance - including illustrations and possible treatments - alongside its search results.
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Opposition parties claim emergency care in Scotland is "in crisis" after ministers intervene at a hospital that failed to meet waiting times targets.
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Paediatrician Dr Kim Holt describes what she went through as a whistleblower and why she wants more action to help people who raise concerns about the NHS.
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