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James Melley and Alison HoltBBC News, Social AffairsFamily handoutAlice’s family say she had a big personality and a passion for artWarning: This article contains upsetting details…

The NHS has warned that it continues to face a “challenging” blood shortage, as it calls for 200,000 new donors to come forward.Concern over blood stocks…

Six senior figures in England’s medical profession have criticised potential strikes by resident doctors as “a futile gesture” that will harm patients and help those who…

Hundreds of thousands of patients needing urgent medical help will be treated in settings other than A&E as part of a drive to cut “corridor care”…

People with cancer face a “ticking timebomb” of delays in getting diagnosed and treated because the NHS is too short-staffed to provide prompt care, senior doctors…

Police have launched an investigation into the deaths of heart surgery patients at an East Yorkshire hospital.The investigation is focusing on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)…

Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent, BBC NewsBBCChristine Rymer says she had no idea what her mother, Dorothy Readhead, had endured until she was contacted by the BBCPolice…

Physician associates in the NHS will be renamed to stop patients mistaking them for doctors after a review found that their title caused widespread confusion.Thousands of…

Getty ImagesIntensive-care units came under severe strain during Covid, the inquiry has heard (stock photo)At least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order…

An urgent review is needed to make sure people in England can get weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro on the NHS, top experts…