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An ambulance worker reveals how difficult the job now is and why they are striking.
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| Updated | 2025-06-09 00:00 |
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New guidelines were released on Monday in the US on how to treat children with obesity.
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Unite says NHS talks were a "missed opportunity", as unions say planned strikes will go ahead.
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The NHS is being given an extra £250m to buy beds in care homes as it grapples with a winter crisis.
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Morwen Griffiths had low oxygen levels and suspected sepsis, but there were no hospital beds.
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Some 89% of people in Henan province have been infected but visits to clinics have peaked.
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A Middlesbrough doctor is among five people to become the stars of a set of modern folk songs.
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England's former deputy chief medical officer says he is passionate about supporting active lifestyles.
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Tony Stowell says his mother's care home took two days to tell the family they had put her on end-of-life care.
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The PM says his healthcare is "a personal choice", as a union leader urges him to "come clean".
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The PM says he is open to a "responsible" and "affordable" deal in a bid to end strike action.
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With Dry January under way, more people are choosing to reduce alcohol consumption year round.
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Steve Barclay says he will "engage" with unions but rejects calls to reopen current pay settlement.
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With a shortage of available guide dogs, meet the people who train their own.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met health leaders to discuss ways to tackle the pressures facing the NHS.
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The British Medical Association says it rejects the Welsh government advice.
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As flu and Covid case numbers rise, the BBC asks people in Hull if they would be happy to mask up.
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More than 40% of crews were delayed outside hospitals in England over Christmas.
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Members of a union for doctors are to be balloted over a 72-hour walkout in March in England.
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Cases are surging as the country reopens after the sudden reversal of three years of restrictions.
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Post-Brexit divergence between NI and the rest of the UK on drugs is increasing, research suggests.
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Dr Charlotte Hart takes the action, she says, due to backed-up ambulances at a hospital.
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The government is working with German pharmaceutical company BioNTech on new ways to fight cancer.
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Ros Atkins looks at the issue of how the NHS has been funded.
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Fire, ambulance and rail would have to provide minimum services in laws planned for later this year.
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China is ramping up its vaccination programme in response to the latest wave of Covid.
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The hotel is being used for patients who no longer need urgent treatment but require social care.
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News of public figures' deaths has sparked speculation about greater losses than officials have reported.
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A documentary about the Nan Goldin-led protests against the Sackler family aims for more award glory.
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Rishi Sunak also makes pledges on the economy and small boat crossings in his first major speech of 2023.
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Pharmacies say there are supply chain issues with some products but people should not panic buy.
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There were no ambulances available to respond after an 83-year-old man collapsed.
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The deaths of eight people in recent weeks may have been caused by lengthy ambulance waiting times.
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The seven Welsh health boards say they have nearly 1,800 patients well enough to leave hospital.
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GP surgeries across the country are likely to face intense demand this week after the Christmas break.
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A senior NHS manager says Bedford, Milton Keynes and Luton and Dunstable Hospitals are stretched.
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The health secretary blames the pandemic and flu for NHS pressures, but insists government has right plan.
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American football star Damar Hamlin is the latest athlete to encounter heart problems.
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Michael Woodcock, suffering appendicitis, says he would have otherwise had to sleep in a chair.
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Ministers are facing criticism amid warnings the NHS is on a knife edge and a surge of critical incidents.
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Chair of the BMA council, Professor Phil Banfield, is calling on the government to "take immediate action".
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A leading clinician says several A&Es want to bring in emergency measures amid safety concerns.
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The advice to parents at the end of the Christmas break comes amid high levels of flu and Covid cases.
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Demand for hospitals driven by winter illness means the NHS is being "pressurised like never before".
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The UK says it is acting over concerns about infection data provided by the Chinese government.
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NHS chief warns against complacency and says "risk of serious illness is very real".
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The UK is considering restrictions on visitors from China as the US, Japan and Italy reintroduce testing.
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Robert Glynn says getting the all-clear after being told he had 12 months to live was "overwhelming".
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Since 19 September, 122 people in England have died from an invasive form of the bacterial infection, UKHSA data shows.
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Beijing is finally opening its borders - but some countries are wary of a Covid threat.
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