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Domestic abuse is a public health emergency, experts have claimed, after a report concluded that the NHS is failing victims by not training staff to spot…

Getty ImagesTwo breakthrough Alzheimer’s drugs have been deemed far too expensive, for too little benefit, to be offered on the NHS.The medicines are the first to…

Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for the next 10 years.The…

The care of women and babies at two Leeds hospitals presents a significant risk to their safety, the NHS regulator has said, after the preventable deaths…

Alison Holt & James MelleyBBC NewsBBCCarole Charles’s husband Winbourne’s death is one of 20 involving the same NHS hospital trust where coroners have raised serious concernsAn…

Divya Talwar & Tammi WalkerBBCTassie Weaver says she was treated like “a hysterical woman” by a midwifeWhen Tassie Weaver went into labour at full term, she…

Overseas-trained dentists are working in McDonald’s and other takeaways in the UK even though millions of patients are finding it impossible to get NHS dental care.The…

NHS staff have voiced concern about the growing numbers of patients who are filming themselves undergoing medical treatment and uploading it to TikTok and Instagram.Radiographers, who…

NHS call handlers are quitting amid burnout at dealing with 999 calls about suicides, stabbings and shootings and the long delays before ambulances reach patients.The pressure…

Last Christmas I was prescribed antibiotics for a post-operative infection. The pharmacy assistant insisted, despite my questioning, that I was exempt from prescription charges.Two weeks later…