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Many pharmacists to vote on cuts to opening hours (BBC Health 2024-09-19 02:29:50)
Half of community pharmacies will be balloted on "working to rule" in protest over budget cuts and workload. -
Harm at risk of being normalised in maternity care, regulator says (BBC Health 2024-09-19 02:25:48)
Many of the maternity failings at scandal-hit hospitals are being seen elsewhere, England’s NHS regulator says. -
Student-nurse recruitment as bad as ever, RCN says (BBC Health 2024-09-19 01:06:16)
There are 21% fewer nursing students starting courses at universities across the UK than three years ago. -
More families refusing to donate relatives' organs (BBC Health 2024-09-19 00:38:25)
Hundreds of patients died waiting for a transplant last year, amid concerns about consent rates. -
'Like ripping my insides' - fears hysteroscopy guidelines not enough (BBC Health 2024-09-18 22:00:58)
Women who experienced traumatic pain from hysteroscopies reveal fears new clinical guidelines may not help. -
Families' eight-year wait to see full Letby report (BBC Health 2024-09-18 15:12:00)
The mother of twin boys told the Thirlwall Inquiry she had only seen the unredacted version this week. -
Concussion warning over face-slap fighting (BBC Health 2024-09-18 15:08:42)
Doctors worry about brain damage from a new type of championship fighting that has grown in popularity. -
Health warning over face-slap fighting (BBC Health 2024-09-18 15:08:42)
Doctors worry about brain damage from a new type of championship fighting that has grown in popularity. -
Small beer: Study calls on government to shrink pints (BBC Health 2024-09-18 15:04:14)
Cambridge University found serving beer in two-thirds of a pint glasses led to a 10% drop in drinking. -
New XEC Covid variant: What are the symptoms and is it spreading in the UK? (BBC Health 2024-09-18 14:20:30)
It has some new mutations that might help it spread this autumn, scientists say. -
NHS junior doctors to be known as resident doctors after job-title change (BBC Health 2024-09-18 01:12:15)
They will now be called resident doctors in an attempt tobetter reflect their expertise. -
NHS junior doctors to be known as resident doctors after job title change (BBC Health 2024-09-18 01:12:15)
They will now be called resident doctors in an attempt tobetter reflect their expertise. -
Buffer zones set to come in around abortion clinics (BBC Health 2024-09-18 00:29:57)
Those who break the law protecting areas around abortion clinics could face an unlimited fine. -
Kate at first work meeting since cancer treatment (BBC Health 2024-09-17 21:37:53)
Princess of Wales continues her gradual return to public life with her first work meeting this year. -
Nurses bore the brunt of Covid, ex-chief nurse says (BBC Health 2024-09-17 15:58:13)
Dame Ruth May tells the Covid inquiry nurses struggled with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment. -
Junior doctors want more despite backing pay deal (BBC Health 2024-09-17 11:19:09)
Union says more above-inflation rises needed in coming years or there will be consequences. -
Pregnancy brain changes revealed in detailed scans (BBC Health 2024-09-17 02:08:59)
Repeated scans during one woman's pregnancy show brain changes never charted before. -
Junior doctors accept 22% pay rise to end strikes (BBC Health 2024-09-16 17:59:13)
Junior doctors in England accept the government’s offer of a 22% pay rise over two years, ending their long-running dispute. -
UK to offer vaccines to boost mpox protection (BBC Health 2024-09-16 14:57:54)
Mpox vaccines will be offered to thousands of people in the UK to boost protection against the virus. -
New XEC Covid variant starting to spread (BBC Health 2024-09-16 13:49:59)
It has some new mutations that might help it spread this autumn, scientists say.