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Nearly all NHS hospitals are missing cancer targets

Nearly all NHS hospitals are missing cancer targets

Chloe Hayward, Nick Triggle & Daniel WainwrightBBC News BBC Just three trusts out of 121 in England are treating cancer
NHS: More doctors and online booking

NHS: More doctors and online booking

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images GP Dr David Turner no longer sees patients on a Wednesday morning. Instead, he spends
Ever feel the need to switch off? Your vagus nerve might hold the key

Ever feel the need to switch off? Your vagus nerve

Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter Alamy It’s the body’s superhighway that carries information from your brain to your major organs.
New flu virus mutation could see ‘worst season in a decade’

New flu virus mutation could see ‘worst season in a

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Listen to James read this article Flu strikes every winter, but this year
Nursing and Midwifery Council ‘should’ve acted faster’ over Letby

Nursing and Midwifery Council ‘should’ve acted faster’ over Letby

The nursing watchdog “should’ve acted faster” when responding to concerns about baby killer Lucy Letby, its new boss has said.
Hospital failings continued after Alice Figueiredo death, leaked documents show

Hospital failings continued after Alice Figueiredo death, leaked documents show

Alison Holt,social affairs editor and James Melley,senior producer Family handout Alice Figueiredo’s family hoped lessons would be learned following their
Hastings mum leading efforts to change NHS menopause policy

Hastings mum leading efforts to change NHS menopause policy

Kate Dyson Kate Dyson started the campaign group Surge Menopause after her experiences with surgical menopause A woman from East
Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot

Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot

Graham FraserBBC Scotland University of Dundee Prof Iris Grunwald demonstrates the technology which she says now shows that a specialist
Illuminated – The Little Box Which Contains the World

Illuminated – The Little Box Which Contains the World

Available for over a year Emily Berry leads us on an exploration of agoraphobia: a poetic journey through the lives
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

Getty Images Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged