Flagship NHS pledge hanging in the balance – experts
The government's flagship NHS pledge to get back to hitting the 18-week waiting time target in England by the end…
‘She doesn’t get another childhood’: The lives on hold waiting for wheelchairs
22 minutes agoShareSaveMunaza RafiqDisability producerShareSaveFamily handoutMore than a thousand disabled children across the UK are waiting for wheelchairs and mobility…
UK drug price rises ‘necessary’, says Patrick Vallance
The price the NHS pays for medicines will need to rise to stop a wave of pharmaceutical investment leaving the…
How Did Maria Branyas Morera, Who Was the World’s Oldest Person, Live So Long?
Spanish researchers say Maria Branyas Morera, who lived to 117, won a genetic lottery. But experts caution that healthy genes…
Head nurse describes ‘chaotic’ night baby died
11 hours agoShareSaveJoshua AskewSouth EastShareSaveFamily handoutThe night a baby died with an undiagnosed heart condition in a Kent hospital was…
Why Obamacare Bills May Double Next Year
Earlier this month, Julie Morringello, an artist in rural Maine, received a notice that her health care premiums could nearly…
Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time
17 minutes agoShareSaveJames GallagherHealth and science correspondentShareSaveBBC/Fergus WalshOne of the cruellest and most devastating diseases – Huntington's – has been…
Pharmacies to offer toddler flu spray vaccination
37 minutes agoShareSaveCatherine SnowdonHealth ProducerShareSaveGetty ImagesThousands of pharmacies in England will offer free NHS flu spray doses to toddlers for…
NHS trust repays £5m over maternity failings
An NHS trust at the centre of concerns over its poor maternity services has had to repay almost £5m after…
What’s the best period product for me?
20 minutes agoShareSaveYasmin RufoBBC NewsShareSaveGetty ImagesFor many of us, our first lessons about periods were brief and practical, often limited…