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Why you should eat kiwi and pineapple skins (BBC Health 2026-10-30 19:48:46)
Eating fruit and vegetable scraps such as peels and stalks could provide a health boost that most of us are missing, say UK researchers, external.
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I gave birth in ambulance on A96 amid staff shortages at local hospital (BBC Health 2026-10-30 14:47:08)
Hannah Smith was travelling to Aberdeen Maternity Hospital as she could not go to Dr Gray's in Elgin.
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'My low Vitamin D levels hit me like a truck' (BBC Health 2026-10-30 06:30:08)
Saskia Reeves-Priestley didn't know she had a Vitamin D deficiency until she suddenly collapsed at work.
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How a major policy shift is changing how police will respond to mental health call-outs (BBC Health 2026-10-30 06:16:08)
999 calls will be triaged and if there is any risk of harm or to life, or if a crime is involved, the police will still attend.
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How major policy shift is changing police response to mental health call-outs (BBC Health 2026-10-30 06:16:08)
999 calls will be triaged and if there is any risk of harm or to life, or if a crime is involved, the police will still attend.
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Biggest fibre boost could be scraps in your bin, experts say (BBC Health 2026-10-30 00:40:30)
Chomping on vegtable skins, seeds and stalks could give us vital fibre, say food scientists.
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I didn't know I was lacking in vitamin D until I collapsed at work (BBC Health 2026-10-30 00:29:05)
Doctors are finding vitamin D deficiency is increasingly widespread in the UK, especially in young people. But the symptoms are difficult to spot and can be missed.
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Heart attack patient, 83, had to drive four hours for hospital appointment (BBC Health 2026-10-29 22:01:41)
Charles Swift faced a 140-mile round trip to get to a hospital, but had to drive himself.
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New law changes make vape vending machines illegal (BBC Health 2026-10-29 17:14:09)
New vaping rules are now in force in the UK, but what does this mean.
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Hundreds of GP practices lose online services after collapse of tech firm Silicon Practice (BBC Health 2026-10-29 17:13:40)
It will cause huge disruption in some parts of England and Wales, say GP leaders.
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Hundreds of GP practices lose online services after collapse of tech firm (BBC Health 2026-10-29 17:13:40)
It will cause huge disruption in some parts of England and Wales, say GP leaders.
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Concern over cut to young people's mental health crisis scheme (BBC Health 2026-10-29 10:45:41)
The Card Before You Leave scheme ensures young people experiencing a mental health crisis who present at a hospital's emergency department are given a written appointment with specialists before leaving.
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New rules for vaping and nicotine products... do you know them? (BBC Health 2026-10-29 06:27:38)
New rules for vaping and nicotine products... do you know them?
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Vulnerable 'at risk' as drug needle site closes (BBC Health 2026-10-29 06:22:11)
Belfast charity workers warn people who use the "life-saving" service will be left without support.
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Vulnerable at risk as 'life-saving' drug needle site closes (BBC Health 2026-10-29 06:22:11)
Belfast charity workers warn people who use the "life-saving" service will be left without support.
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Mum of critically ill baby denied hospital food as she wasn't breastfeeding (BBC Health 2026-10-29 06:12:07)
Sophie Price had given birth in the same hospital five days earlier but was denied a hot meal.
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Mum says teenage autistic son has been abandoned and falling through cracks in system (BBC Health 2026-10-29 00:17:55)
A County Londonderry mother says her son, who has autism and has turned 18, "is falling through cracks in the system".
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Mum says autistic son, 18, left abandoned and falling through cracks in system (BBC Health 2026-10-29 00:17:55)
A County Londonderry mother says her son, who has autism and has turned 18, "is falling through cracks in the system".
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NHS Western Isles prescribing weight loss drugs at triple the rate of other health boards (BBC Health 2026-10-28 22:46:44)
A new report finds "significant variation" between Scotland's health boards prescribing new medicines.
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Terminally ill mum who can't talk, walk or dress herself refused Pip payment (BBC Health 2026-10-28 12:07:04)
Rachael Field, from Rhondda Cynon Taf, had her tongue and voicebox removed and windpipe reconstructed.