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Social care workers earn about £8,000 a year less than NHS staff, a study suggests - with some relying on food parcels.
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Health Minister Will Quince advises the public not to take risks during Wednesday's industrial action.
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Protests over pay continue with nurses picketing today, and paramedics set to walk out on Wednesday.
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An experimental treatment saves the life of baby Finley after he was born with a heart defect.
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The firm won contracts to supply protective equipment after being recommended by peer Baroness Mone.
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The government is accused of "complete intransigence" on pay ahead of health service strikes.
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Steve Barclay is told by the mother that she is scared for "the length" of her daughter's life.
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Rachel says she was devastated by the lack of support after being told she was overweight for IVF.
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The union says ministers must respond within 48 hours of next week's walkout to avoid more action.
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Separately nurses have threatened to escalate strike action in the new year if ministers do not enter pay talks next week.
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Oliver Dowden asks unions to be "fair and reasonable" when asked about striking nurses and ambulance staff.
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Fact-checking a claim made by Health Minister Maria Caulfield.
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Health bosses warn of "extensive disruption" as staff in England are set to walk out next week.
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The prime minister is refusing to bow to pressure from health leaders to increase the offer.
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It is another reason for parents to get their children protected against flu, health officials say,
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The shadow health secretary says the NHS needs reform as he attacks left-wing critics of his ideas.
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The dispute could escalate in the new year with further industrial action, nursing union warns.
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Downing Street says there are "no plans" to review the pay deal for nurses in response to the strike.
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The new protocol comes amid temporary supply issues of penicillin to treat strep A, as cases rise.
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NHS staff on the picket line explain why they have taken strike action over pay and conditions.
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High levels of maghemite were found in some air samples but it is not known if they are harmful.
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A minister agrees there is a moral case for payments to be made, but says he cannot set a timetable.
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The union represents the majority of ambulance staff working for the NHS in Scotland.
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The parents of a baby who died at a hospital are told the investigation was compromised.
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Routine surgery is likely to be disrupted, but life-preserving and urgent care will still be provided.
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High demand, due to rising strep A cases, has led to four antibiotics being added to a banned export list.
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Infections rates are rising in China following the easing of lockdown restrictions.
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If you're worried, the BBC's health reporter Laura Foster has some information to help.
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Vaccine nurse says being descended from Henrietta Lacks helps her understand her patients' fears.
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The family of Jax Albert Jefferys says he was diagnosed with flu in the lead-up to his death.
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The health service is treating fewer patients than before Covid, so why is it still struggling?
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It uses the same messenger-RNA technology as some Covid-19 vaccines.
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The strike vote didn't make the 50% legal threshold for turnout in England.
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Melvyn Ryan's granddaughter, Nicole Lea, says she was told no ambulances were available.
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The entire DNA of 100,000 newborns in England will be sequenced to spot rare genetic conditions early.
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Beth Foreman says she left hospital just before midnight on a hunt to find "non-existent" drugs for her ill baby.
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The £2.4m trial led by the University of Exeter will be available at seven NHS sites around the UK.
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Strikes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to go ahead on Thursday after talks fail.
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The government discusses contingency plans, including using the military to cover border staff.
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A record week is in a large part down to more doctors reporting cases and more tests than before.
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Health members of Unison and Unite accept an improved offer which ends the risk of strike action.
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Figures obtained by Labour through Freedom of Information requests reveal staff pressures in the NHS.
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Roxy Rhodes, 37, fell into a bath full of scalding hot water when she was two.
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New way of altering DNA is used to engineer an "exciting", experimental therapy for a 13-year-old girl.
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Sixteen children have now died with invasive strep A since September, health officials say.
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The new health measure follows an increase in sexually transmitted infections in France.
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Infection rates up slightly in England and Northern Ireland, according to the latest ONS figures.
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Most strep A infections are mild, but more severe invasive cases - while still rare - are rising.
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A four-year-old who was fighting for her life with a strep A infection is recovering, her grandmother says.
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An innovative scheme in Manchester is pioneering a new way to make sure patients get the best care possible.
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