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Scientists create a smart bandage they say can detect bedsores long before they become visible.
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Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham welcomes plans to overhaul child mental health services in England, but describes the issue as a "national emergency".
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Leading health experts are calling for pharmacists to step in to treat patients at every GP surgery in England to ease pressure on surgeries.
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Mental health services for children and young people in England need a "complete overhaul", says the government.
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Pharmacist Ravi Sharma explains how giving pharmacists a greater role can help GPs and nurses in doctors' surgeries.
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People can't be expected to adopt a healthy diet without help, says nutrition expert.
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More Scottish health boards should be prosecuted when deaths occur or patients are harmed, according to the parents of a girl who died.
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A further UK healthcare worker has been flown back to the UK after suspected contact with Ebola.
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BBC Breakfast spoke to Tracey and Emily Saunders, whose son and brother Edward died after contracting Meningitis W.
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A new type of therapy- Lightscores - aims to help blind children become more active.
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A new fleet of emergency service team is unveiled which will include a fleet of 4x4s and consultants flying with the Wales Air Ambulance.
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Children who lead inactive lives are likely to grow up to become middle-aged couch potatoes, a study suggests.
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Pioneering surgeons have developed a technique to preserve the bowels when removing dangerous pre-cancerous growths.
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Five pieces of scientific research that changed the face of medicine.
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Social care should be free to everyone at the end of life, says a report by MPs which also calls for better recording of what people want in their final days.
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Families are facing a "postcode lottery" when trying to get special educational needs help for their children, research by BBC 5live Investigates suggests.
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Getting too little sleep in the week and having to make up at the weekend may contribute to obesity and type 2 diabetes, a study suggests.
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Mental health services in England will receive £1.25bn in the Budget
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Mental health services in England will receive extra funding in next week's Budget, Liberal Democrat Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander says.
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Boosting men's testosterone levels could potentially prevent deaths from heart disease and type 2 diabetes, UK doctors and scientists say.
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The NHS in England has missed its Accident and Emergency waiting time target for every week of this winter.
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The world's first successful penis transplant has been reported by a surgical team in South Africa.
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A sixth British healthcare worker has been flown home to the UK after suspected contact with the Ebola virus.
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The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service says it will keep a "major incident" in place for the remainder of Friday's strike after failing to get a guarantee from paramedics.
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Another British military healthcare worker has been flown to a hospital in Newcastle and a second is due to arrive from Sierra Leone to be monitored for Ebola.
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Cases of scarlet fever in England have more than doubled between September and March compared with last year, Public Health England says.
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Teenagers will soon be vaccinated against deadly meningitis W after a steep rise in the number of infections, Public Health England has announced.
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The NHS in England has missed its accident and emergency waiting time target for every week of the winter, figures show.
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Pressures in the NHS are so great that even the best hospitals in England are seeing patients wait longer for key services, an analysis shows.
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Joanne Thompson, whose daughter choked to death at nursery school, talks about her charity, Millie's Trust, that has successfully campaigned for staff to have first aid training.
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West Africa is ripe for a measles outbreak that could infect hundreds of thousands of people, US researchers are warning.
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Tim Parry from Alzheimer's Research UK spoke to BBC news about the impact he had on the charity.
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The push to improve cancer services in England has "lost momentum" in the past two years, says a report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee.
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Why not introduce more NHS charges, asks BBC's Nick Triggle
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A female British military healthcare worker in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola, it has been announced.
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MPs have voted in favour of introducing standardised packaging for cigarettes in the UK.
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A Lanarkshire woman whose baby suffered brain damage during birth has won a 16-year fight for £5.25m compensation.
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Does tough legislation have an impact on the smoking rate?
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Caroline Lucas says NHS market structures cost more than £10bn a year and this could be better spent on patient care.
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How one 19-year-old got hooked on synthetic cannabis when he was 16
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MPs are expected to approve the introduction of standardised packaging for cigarettes later.
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An experimental cancer drug has been fast-tracked to NHS patients under a new government scheme in England.
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A former soldier who has early-onset Alzheimer's disease is raising money to research the condition that has devastated his family.
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Hospitals, GPs, community services and care homes are being brought together in England to provide more joined up care for patients under a series of pilots.
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A report about to be published by the government's Business Champion, will call for more support for woman coping with menopause in the workplace
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Women taking HRT pills for the menopause should be aware there is a small chance it could increase their risk of blood clots and possibly stroke, a study suggests.
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