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Protests over signs at Grand Central Station

BBC Irish language campaigners have staged a protest at Belfast’s new Grand Central Station after the transport hub was opened without Irish language signage. Around 100 protesters took part, with a large flag bearing the logo of the campaign group, An Dream Dearg, draped across the station’s floor. Dr Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh, a spokesperson for […]

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Why Starmer’s NHS reforms may give you a case of deja-vu

Getty Images Across more than 150 pages, NHS surgeon and independent peer Lord Darzi sets out in clear, painstaking detail the failings of the NHS in England. But that is the easy bit – fixing it is an altogether different challenge. The government is promising the “biggest reimagining” of the NHS since it was formed. […]

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Beds and Herts patients to be re-tested in diabetes results error

Getty Images People with diabetes tend to have higher HbA1c levels than those without the condition An NHS trust has revealed that about 11,000 people will have to be re-tested after a hospital machine issued incorrect diabetes results. The Bedfordshire NHS Foundation Trust said some patients may have been wrongly given higher blood glucose readings […]

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Medics plead for vaccines as rate of infections increases

Glody Murhabazi More and more babies with mpox are being admitted to Lwiro community hospital Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections. At a treatment […]

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