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Winter set to be worst ever for A&E waits, health leaders warn

China Covid: UK set to require negative test for arrivals

Flu rise warning from NHS in England

Covid: Why are some places testing Chinese arrivals?

Strep A: At least 30 children have died in UK since mid-September

Doncaster surgery sends cancer text instead of festive message

Urgent plea to only use A&E in Greater Manchester if life-threatening

Devon and Cornwall A&E departments 'under incredible pressure'

Hong Kong to scrap almost all its Covid rules

North East Ambulance declares second critical incident

UK Covid modelling data to stop being published

Tewkesbury hospital patients get penguin pick-me-up

Fresh nurse strike dates announced in England

Flu and Covid: People told to stay home for Christmas if unwell

Molnupiravir Covid antiviral treatment hastens recovery - trial

Ambulance workers in England to strike again in January

Two years after Covid food still tastes rotten

Pat Cullen: Who is the RCN nursing union boss leading strikes?

Health Secretary Steve Barclay keen to focus on next year's NHS pay deal

Ambulance strike: Warning of very challenging days ahead

Nurses in Scotland to strike after rejecting pay deal from NHS

Midwives in Scotland reject latest NHS pay offer

Ambulance strike: Union fury over minister Steve Barclay's claims

Watch: On the picket line with nurses across the UK

Rishi Sunak refusing to budge on pay as strike action escalates

East of England Ambulance Service declares critical incident

Strike: What will ambulances respond to on Wednesday?

Ambulance strike: Avoid risky activity during strike - health minister

Merthyr Tydfil: Toy beads warning after boy, 4, nearly died

Nurses to strike as ambulance crews plan walkouts

Care workers paid £8,000 less than NHS equivalents in England - study

Government to sue Mone-linked PPE firm for £122m

Mother of ill child grills health secretary on NHS plans

Pregnancy: IVF clinics 'can't just tell women to lose weight'

Ambulance strike cover must be sufficient, says health secretary

Oliver Dowden firm on pay as nurses warn of more strikes

December strikes: 1,200 army personnel to cover for ambulances and border force

Hospitals told to free up beds for ambulance strike

Flu hospital admission rates shoot up to overtake Covid

Wes Streeting: I won't pretend NHS is envy of world

Chief nurse calls for strike resolution after day of action

Inhaled metal Tube dust can enter bloodstream, study finds

Would it cost the government £700m to raise nurses' pay?

No timetable for infected blood victims' compensation

GMB union rejects improved NHS pay deal in Scotland

Nottingham placenta error hampered baby death probe - coroner

Largest nursing strike in NHS history set to start

Using my family's dark history to teach about vaccines

Antibiotic supply gone from bad to worse, say pharmacists

Strep A: Parents say son misdiagnosed before strep A death

How Covid has dealt the NHS a lasting blow

Nurses' strike: Union accuses minister of belligerence after talks fail

Scarlet fever: Mother's terror after late-night antibiotic search

Scarlet fever: 866 cases in Wales in one week

Ketamine for alcoholics trial goes to next stage

100,000 babies to have genetic code mapped

Ministers hold emergency Cobra meeting amid wave of strikes

Hospitals in England pay £5,200 for one agency doctor's shift

Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer

'I want people to ask about my burns'

Hove secondary school pupil dies with suspected strep A

Covid: Pre-Christmas booster urged as infections rise

France makes condoms free for 18 to 25 year olds

Our job is to keep people out of A&E

Nurses bitten and screens smashed - life in A&E

Strep A deaths rise to 15 in children across UK

Record alcohol deaths from pandemic drinking

‘Doctors fitted a contraceptive coil without my consent’

'A&E is absolute chaos - I spent 15 hours on a trolley'

Matt Hancock to stand down at next election

UK weather: People urged to heat main rooms as cold snap begins

Rise in deaths after West Mids ambulance delay

Antibiotics for strep A in good supply, says health secretary Steve Barclay

More diagnostic hubs to tackle NHS waiting lists in England

Number of smokers drops as vaping rises, data shows

Ambulance staff to strike on 21 December

Strep A: Mum warns of symptoms after child's illness

Angela Rayner: Covid contract VIP lane was 'a scandal of epic proportions'

Strep A: Five-year-old dies from illness linked to bacterial infection

Child aged 12 dies of invasive strep A in London

Strep A: Penarth family traumatised by daughter's death

Parents urged to be aware of Strep A symptoms after death of six children

Six children die with Strep A bacterial infection

Strep A: Fourth child dies from bacterial disease

Strep A: Why it can be dangerous and what to know

Strep A: Penarth primary school child dies of disease

Infectious Covid virus can stay on some groceries for days

Doctors raise safety fears at Birmingham hospitals

Forty-hour ambulance waits as NHS delays worsen

Parents urged to get children flu vaccine as infections rise

Ambulance staff in England vote for strike action

Lack of ethnic diversity among egg and sperm donors

Alzheimer's drug lecanemab hailed as momentous breakthrough

Host of top hospitals targeted by nurse strikes

Parliament Hill Lido sees one hypothermia case a day

Quarter of 17-19-year-olds have probable mental disorder - study

Michael Watt: Review finds 'significant failures' in patient treatment

Ebola in Uganda: The people spreading misinformation online

Big UK trial to find best drugs to fight flu

Diphtheria: Migrants with symptoms to be isolated

Monkeypox given new name by global health experts

Stigma around HIV continues to cause harm, says charity

'Kidney disease is not just a death sentence, you can live a full life'

The Essex police traffic officer whose photography has helped manage PTSD

Palliative care: 'My dad should not have been expected to die in office hours'

Scientists say eight glasses of water a day may be too much

Universal flu vaccine could counter future pandemic

Nurses to strike for two days before Christmas

Muckamore Inquiry: Woman recalls brother's neglect at hospital

Logan Mwangi murder: Injuries seen as accident by doctor

Patients dying as ambulances face crippling delays in England

Cost of living: Patients refuse sick notes over lost pay worry - GPs

Health trust running unit which saw abuse faces NHS intervention

Whipps Cross Hospital failings led to man's death before wedding

The puzzle of UK’s half a million missing workers

They died suddenly - then the anti-vax trolling started

The 10-year-old surfer with no hands or feet

Pregnant soon after miscarriage no more risky - study

Chris Hemsworth: Alzheimer’s risk prompts actor to take acting break

Superbug fight 'needs farmers to reduce antibiotic use'

Energy bills: Patients prescribed heating as part of health trial

How many Covid cases does China have and what are its rules?

East of England Ambulance Service: 'If we are queuing, we can't get to patients'

NHS chiefs in Scotland discuss having wealthy pay for treatment

Changing the lives of Senegalese people disabled by clubfoot

Staying warm: What does an unheated room do to your body?

Waitrose sorry after skin cancer charity complaint

Lucy Letby trial: Medical tool may have injured baby, expert says

Covid-19: New mum leaves Royal Papworth hospital after a year

Long Covid: What's changed, and what we know now

Game-changing type 1 diabetes drug approved in US

Autumn Statement: Is money for schools, social care and NHS enough?

NHS care backlog push at serious risk - National Audit Office

Malta moves to ease EU's last total ban on abortion

Mould at home: How dangerous is it and what can be done?

Mental health patients sent miles due to bed shortage

UK zoonotic research site left to deteriorate - MPs

All GPs to receive direct access to cancer tests

Leprosy: Ancient disease able to regenerate organs

How you're born alters vaccines' power

Orthodontist advised harmful treatment to children, tribunal hears

BMA chief warns Scotland's GPs are at 'tipping point'

Health bosses seek strike deal as talks take place

Type 1 diabetes trial to identify at-risk children

Have I dodged Covid and what does it mean?

Dementia and sport: Group of former players to take legal action against football's governing bodies

Does the average nurse earn £34,000 a year?

Desperate NHS paying nurses up to £2,500 a shift

'Leap forward' in tailored cancer medicine

Nurses' union pay demands not affordable, says Rishi Sunak

Record numbers faced four-hour A&E waits in England in October

Lab-grown blood gives hope, says sickle cell patient

Sharp rise in cancer care delays 'risking lives'

Antibody jab approved for common winter virus RSV

1 in 3 infected with HIV in blood scandal was a child

Nurses across UK back strikes in pay dispute

Nurses' strike: Why NHS is on brink of first UK walkout

Nurses' strike: Why young NHS workers are voting 'yes'

Lucy Letby: Baby was stable the day before she died, jury told

Rugby dentist records phone message about NHS capacity crisis

I'd rather go to the dentist than have a haircut

University of Nottingham research could help predict diseases in men

Ware: Bereaved mum devastated by new baby son's cancer

Child speech delays increase due to lockdowns

US hospital flu cases hit 10-year high as vaccinations fall

Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial

Nurses set to hold first UK-wide strike

'Distressing' 999 wait highlights South West Ambulance delays

Covid infections falling in England and Wales, says ONS

Parkinson's: 'Lack of specialist care for Wales patients'

Poorer areas in England suffer most from GP shortage, study finds

Lucy Letby: Nurse hovered over baby night before her death, jury told

David Fuller: Double murderer pleads guilty to more mortuary sexual abuse

'Seeing Matt Hancock on I'm A Celebrity will bring back heartache'

NHS disruption driving rise in heart deaths, charity says

Magic-mushroom drug can treat severe depression, trial suggests

NHS boss Amanda Pritchard says patients not getting care they deserve

Benefit cuts for disabled people in hospital called unfair

Oliver McGowan: NHS autism training mandatory after teen's death

Crohn's disease: 'I lived on bran flakes and sweets for a year'

Covid: Boris Johnson WhatsApp messages requested by inquiry

Call to ban nicotine pouch sale to under-18s

Lebanon cholera: 'We're afraid of everything now'

Concern over flu and RSV as Covid stays level

'I wouldn't bring a member of my family to this hospital,' says medic

Warning over private over-the-counter blood tests

Minorities 'face discrimination' in NHS blood services

Many skip work over hygiene poverty shame, charity says

'Dark matter' find could change cancer treatment

Public health cuts must be avoided, new PM told

Aggressive breast cancer hits black women harder

Lucy Letby: Disturbing pattern in baby deaths, nurse's trial told

Rishi Sunak: The most urgent problems facing the new prime minister

Hospital food banks open for NHS staff in Leicester

Health: 'My illness is so rare it doesn't have a name'

Endometriosis surgery delay 'caused irreversible damage'

NHS ambulance workers begin to vote on strike in pay dispute

Infected blood scandal: Victims to get £100,000 by end of month

Health of nation study calls on millions to sign up

Laser brain therapy offers hope to epilepsy sufferers in England

Lucy Letby trial: Unusual finding in baby's X-ray, court hears

Cost of living: 'It's hard to eat proper food'

Flu comes early in England, with hospital cases rising

Families accept damages over Nottingham NHS endoscopy deaths

Lincolnshire GP receptionists taught to spot loneliness signs

Patients at risk as NHS and care 'gridlocked'

East of England Ambulance Service workers say conditions are diabolical

Black Death 700 years ago affects your health now

General practice is like calling an Uber, MPs say

Friends could be key to finding fitness motivation

Five hours' sleep is tipping point for bad health

Respiratory illness may take up half of NHS beds this winter

MPs back abortion clinic buffer zone law

Lucy Letby: Nurse told colleagues of baby death heartbreak, court told

Troubled maternity service still beset by problems - BBC investigation

Laughing-gas makers call for sales ban to stop misuse

Prostate cancer: Hormone drug gave me years of good health, patient says

What is the menopause and what are the signs?

Covid: Life expectancy still down in many countries

Lucy Letby: Mother begged 'don't let my baby die', trial hears

Dumfries Alpha Solway factory to close after NHS orders for PPE dry up

Incurable breast cancer: Patients want more support

Covid: Time running out to protect vulnerable, campaigners warn

Cost of living crisis: 'I am shivering while I'm on dialysis'

BioNTech: Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer?

Ballot dates for ambulance strike vote revealed

Covid cases rise as one in 37 has virus in UK

Study links coronavirus lockdowns to birth rate drop in Europe

Cost of living: 'I've been left without carers for five months'

Covid rise not driven by new variants - public health expert

Lucy Letby trial: Nurse accused of murder 'cared deeply about babies'

Public responds to NHS amber alert over donor blood stocks

Fabrice Muamba: Snapchat CPR lessons will save lives

Cough syrup deaths: India production halted after Gambia child fatalities

'Speaking about the 22 babies I lost is seen as taboo'

Over-50s set to be invited for Covid booster and flu jab in England

Black people more likely to develop dementia, large study finds

One in 20 suffer long-term Covid effects, study finds

Shortage of blood supplies prompts amber warning

Uganda Ebola outbreak: First death recorded in capital Kampala

Give all women a menopause check at 45, MPs told

Life-saving gene test for seriously ill children in England

Watchdog rates Birmingham Clifton House as inadequate

People not looking for work due to illness hits record high

London Ambulance Service: Workers face strike ballot over pay

Care worker numbers fall, leaving more people without support

Brazilian Butt Lift can be made safer say surgeons

Nurse Lucy Letby poisoned babies with insulin, trial told

'We didn't see it coming' says Sajid Javid of brother's suicide

Richard Bacon: 'Why I quite like my ADHD'

Covid: Northamptonshire hospitals limit visits and reintroduces facemasks

Covid: Protect elderly from rising virus levels in UK

Record excess deaths in UK's heatwave summer

Daughter's plea over vulval cancer embarrassment

Social care: 'Jo's care will cost £1.5k a week - the system is broken'

Stem cell patch surgery to mend spina bifida in the womb

Simon Thomas thanks NHS after baby born prematurely

David Fuller: Man in court over Tunbridge Wells mortuary sexual abuse

Sickle cell: Black donors urged to give blood to help treat patients

WHO alert over India-made cough syrups after deaths in The Gambia

BT Group aims to protect 999 services during strike

Union urges UK nurses to strike for first time

HIV: How 175 British children were infected with disease

HC-One: The Elms residents 'not safe' at four-inquest care home

Research call over MND risk to elite rugby players

Tony Hickmott: Autistic man to be released after 21 years in hospital

Helping others with one-handed life hacks

Cancer-affected women offered skin-tone soft prosthetics

East of England Ambulance Service close to declaring major incident

Nobel Prize goes to human evolution research

Can electrical stimulation improve your gym workout?

Sheffield: Incurable cancer patient chosen to model for charity campaign

Newport: Radiology failures led to baby placed into care

Cost of living: Young cancer patients 'in a desperate situation'

UK looks to be winning the fight against monkeypox

Gene test spared baby unnecessary chemotherapy

Study offers clues to super-agers' brilliant brains

Black and Asian infected blood victims feel let down, inquiry told

Molly Russell: Social media a factor in teenager's death, coroner says

Covid infections rise by 14% in a week in UK

Record number of nurses quitting the NHS

Young non-smokers told not to take up vaping by experts

Covid vulnerable not always assessed by NHS 111 early in pandemic

Queen's cause of death given as 'old age' on death certificate

King's Lynn Queen Elizabeth Hospital: PM Truss calls for Coffey visit

Cancer charity boss put donations into Welsh dragon plan

Dogs can sniff out stress on owner's breath

Dying patient should have been seen in person

NHS app hits 30 million downloads in England

Alzheimer's-slowing drug labelled historic

Women's symptoms ignored by GPs - campaigners

Wes Streeting speech: Labour promises face-to-face GP appointments

Flu and Covid could make this a hard winter for UK

Pumping weights could help you live longer

Oxford Health: Cyber attack continues to hit NHS trust's services

New children's palliative care service for the East launched

Labour opposes junk food ban as living costs soar

Molly Russell: Instagram posts seen by teen were safe, Meta says

Covid vaccine: 'Get the jab' says woman who nearly died while pregnant

Uganda's Ebola outbreak: Trainee doctors go on strike over safety fears

Star and Arthur: MPs' 'extreme' concern at councils over child deaths

NHS Scotland strikes are last resort, says union leader

Can the NHS learn from Germany’s health system?

Covid: First rise in infections in UK since July

Cancer-killing virus shows promise in patients

£500m funding to help hospitals discharge patients

Pret a Manger customer had fatal reaction to 'vegan' wrap

NHS waiting list in Wales: Patients turn to surgery abroad