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Ian Paterson was jailed in 2017 after carrying out needless operations on patients.

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle signs a pledge to actively support staff going through the menopause.

The family of Archie Battersbee,12, say they are "devastated" as a court rules life support can end.

Virtual consultations with patients are being used to stop unnecessary trips to Scotland's A&Es.

BBC Panorama went undercover at a surgery run by the UK's biggest provider of GP services to the NHS.

Five-year-old Tilli, from Suffolk, is one of 400 children to have a stroke in the UK every year.

A PhD student has been creating audio memory boxes for hospice patients in Northern Ireland.

The proposal is not expected to be adopted when government unveils its food strategy for England.

The government says the measure could further cut the number of smokers, especially among the young.

From strokes and Parkinson's to PTSD, severe conditions can be helped with game-based therapies.

A shortage of diamorphine means former heroin users have relapsed for the first time in decades.

Official estimates suggest there has been a small increase in infections in England and Northern Ireland.

A Norfolk hospital is the first to be licensed to treat peanut allergy using a newly approved drug.

Peter Coates' family is angry it has taken three years to learn the circumstances of the callout.

Steph Meech has been spat at and verbally abused by patients she has treated.

The kits, sold on the High Street, are not predictive enough to pinpoint the change of life, top UK doctors warn.

Angela Rayner says there is "suspicion" about contracts for a firm she says is linked to a Tory peer.

Review suggests year by year increases until no-one is allowed to buy tobacco and cigarettes.

Patients are staying an average of seven days in hospital for treatment, a BBC investigation finds.

Patients in England, Wales and Scotland will no longer need to see their GP to receive a "fit note".

Opening takeaways near schools could also end under plans to tackle childhood obesity.

Thais can now grow cannabis for commerce, but the rules still ban recreational use.

Experts warn health inequalities will be widened by the surge in the cost of living.

Doctors say it may cause confusion but NHS Digital says the updated advice now has wider relevance.

Laura Mahon, 29, gave birth at 30 weeks after being told she had an inoperable brain tumour.

The health secretary says a video of a nurse warning of delays is "not what anyone wants to see".

Health Secretary Sajid Javid says the findings are "stark" ahead of the report's publication later.

Staff say physical and verbal abuse is unacceptably common, and many now feel unsafe at work.

Carrie-Ann Farquhar was told her young son had normal hearing, but years later he was diagnosed as being profoundly deaf.

A nurse is filmed as she informs a packed accident and emergency waiting room of long delays.

The government's chief scientific adviser says it was "really important" everyone stuck to the rules.

Doctors will be required to notify their local council or health protection team about suspected cases.

A High Court judge is considering the case of Archie Battersbee, 12, who is on life support in hospital.

Colin Gibson says being diagnosed means "you know what you are dealing with".

A report shows some of the poorest drinkers cut back on food when the unit price was set at 50p.

Patients in England will be able to get early access to promising new treatments.

Nurse leaders are concerned about access to care and support for those with long-term problems.

A court considers the case of Archie Battersbee, 12, who is on life support in hospital.

Outbreaks of the rare virus are continuing to occur in many countries outside Africa.

An inquiry into allegations of abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital begins public hearings in Belfast.

Sarah Mullen is one of a growing number of women in Scotland who are choosing to give birth at home.

Patients missing out on care and medicines as NHS struggles to fill posts across UK, staff say.

WHO figures show confirmed cases tripled in a week, which is likely to be an underestimate.

Here's why you need more than one Covid jab.

UK health officials say no one factor linking all the cases has been identified so far.

A senior GP warns that the steep rise is likely to have a "significant impact" on doctors and staff.

China's biggest city, a vital global trade hub, begins to relax crippling Covid restrictions.

Cervical screening is changing, but fewer checks will not mean more cancers missed, a study confirms.

Surgeons successfully transplanted the donated organ into a patient who, a year on, is doing well.

James MacDougall offered his sperm via social media but did not disclose his genetic syndrome.