Michael Buchanan Social Affairs Correspondent BBC Marc Lamah has not responded to the BBC A surgeon banned from working for a private healthcare company, following an investigation into patient safety, continues to work in the NHS, the BBC has learned. Nuffield Health has stopped Marc Lamah from working in their hospitals, but he is still […]
Lord Robert Winston, a professor and TV doctor who was a pioneer of IVF treatment, has resigned from the British Medical Association (BMA) over planned strikes by resident doctors. Resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are planning a walkout for five consecutive days from 25 July until 30 July over a pay dispute with […]
Health Department says immigrants will lose access to 13 more federal programmes, including an educational project for low-income children. United States officials are cutting down further on undocumented immigrants’ access to healthcare programmes and benefits as part of President Donald Trump’s widening immigration crackdown. On Thursday, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
Moses Kollie Garzeawu & Wycliffe Muia BBC News, Monrovia & Nairobi Watch: Trump praises Liberian president’s English, the country’s official language US President Donald Trump has praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking “good English” and asked him where he went to school. What Trump might have missed is that Liberia shares a unique and […]
Cash Murphy BBC News, South East Getty Images The waiting list is at an all-time high A mum from Surrey who was not on the organ donor register until her two young daughters needed heart transplants has said she realised “how important it is” after her children spent time on the waiting list. According to […]
Loop Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Loop Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images What’s the role of government in society? What do we mean when we talk about individual responsibility? What makes us free? ‘Neoliberalism’ might feel like a squishy term that’s hard to define and understand. But this ideology, founded by a group of men in the […]
Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti has been sentenced to a year in prison by a Spanish court for tax evasion – but he will not have to serve time in jail. The former Chelsea and Everton boss was accused of failing to pay 1m euros (£830,000) in tax on his salary during his first spell in […]
President Trump is pictured at the Salute to America Celebration at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on July 3. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Trump broke from his tariff letter format to tell the president of Brazil that he plans to put a […]
Sam Francis Political reporter Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent PA Media French President Emmanuel Macron has said the UK and France “will deliver” on stopping small boat crossings, ahead of negotiations with Sir Keir Starmer this week. Downing Street is hoping to finalise a deal on border enforcement during Macron’s three-day state visit, the first […]
In late May, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed COVID-19 vaccines from the recommendation list for healthy children and pregnant women. The suit alleges this move violated federal law. aire images/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption aire images/Moment RF/Getty Images A handful of leading medical organizations are suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy […]