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Pharmacies will be able to prescribe drugs for seven common ailments, including sore throats and earaches.
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Experts warn the lip filler industry is 'like the wild west', with procedures having to be corrected.
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Emma Taylor was in a coma when she had a C-section in October, and doctors then found a brain tumour.
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Whistleblowers from a rehab unit claim patients are left in bed all day without therapy.
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Will a healthcare approach that has been successful in poorer parts of Brazil work in the UK?
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Unite says it is part of an "escalation strategy to exert greater pressure on the government".
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Data shows there are now fewer local chemists than at any time since 2015, despite rising demand.
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Paralympic champion Charlotte Henshaw on the challenges she faces training and competing while living with endometriosis.
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Close to 20 million people are likely to have died during the last three years, says the WHO.
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Around 15,000 children are not fully immunised against measles, mumps and rubella, a report finds.
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Experts warn of a lack of a trained support workers to teach key life skills others learn through sight.
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Iñaki Ereño says any future pandemic cannot result in the interruption of routine healthcare.
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The Deaf Arts Festival will tour Northern Ireland after premiering in Belfast this weekend.
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Parents encouraged to check their children are up to date with their vaccinations.
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An anti-vaccine conspiracy film is supercharging the harassment of bereaved people
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Officials say the vaccine against the deadly virus could be rolled out for older adults by August.
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A report says the NHS is failing to meet targets around services for pregnant women and new mums.
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The second such drug in a year raises hopes we can start treating dementia.
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Content about the condition generates billions of views, but is it driving too many to self-diagnose?
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More rigorous trials are needed to confirm the findings, the Canadian researchers say.
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Ministers agree to pay a 5% rise in England - but nurses are still threatening strike action.
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A pay deal affecting a million NHS workers has been reached, but three unions may still strike.
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Raychel Ferguson was nine when she died at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in 2001.
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The recall includes Cadbury Flake and Dairy Milk Buttons and people are advised not to eat them.
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Three-year-old Taiwo, who weighed just 9.8kg (1st 5lb), died of malnutrition and dehydration.
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The closure of Mullaghbawn practice will leave more than 5,000 patients without a registered doctor.
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The government says vaping has become a huge epidemic, particularly affecting young people.
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A meeting later is likely to see a deal in England agreed but nurses are still threatening strikes.
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Hospitals that refused life-saving care during an emergency broke federal rules, health officials say.
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NHS England warns that staffing levels in some parts of the country will be "exceptionally low".
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The NHS says "positive discussions" with the RCN mean nurses will cover some departments.
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He has now been evacuated from Khartoum, after first being turned away because UK nationals were the priority.
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The latest yes vote, by the GMB union, is "almost certain" to mean pay deal in England gets agreed.
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The world-renowned children's hospital has "serious" concerns over this weekend's nurses' strike.
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Kim Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy died after giving birth in two East Kent NHS Trust hospitals.
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Dr Abdulrahman Babiker cannot get back to work at his hospital as the UK refused to fly him back.
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BBC journalist Chris Slegg explains the impact of learning he might need a heart transplant aged 43.
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New guidance for grassroots sport says concussed players will be advised not to work or drive a car.
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Some 170,000 16 to 24-year-olds in England may have the undiagnosed condition which can affect the heart.
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Despite promises to make things better for vulnerable adults, the pace of change is slow - writes Alison Holt.
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The government took the nurses' union to court in a bitter dispute over whether the strike was lawful.
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Staff at Whorlton Hall were prosecuted after their behaviour was exposed in a BBC Panorama film.
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The family of Annabel Wright, 15, from Ripon, believes Roaccutane was responsible for her death.
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Kim Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy died after giving birth in two East Kent NHS Trust hospitals.
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The government has unveiled the biggest shake-up of gambling laws in nearly two decades.
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Reports say health department officials "raised concern" about the health secretary's conduct.
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People affected share their experiences as a report calls for "urgent action" to tackle stigma.
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Figures show non-melanoma skin cancers increased by 7% between 2016 and 2019.
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The offer covers two years, including an additional one-off payment for 2022/23 and a 5% pay rise.
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Two ex-managers at the mental health care firm claim they felt pressure to cut costs and fill beds.
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