Entries by BBC News - Health

Patient saw eight GPs before cancer spotted /in /by

Safety watchdog highlights case as it warns a lack of continuity of care in England puts people at risk.

Elfbar: Top vape firm drops sweet flavours over appeal to kids /in /by

Elfbar and Lost Mary call for tighter restrictions on vape sales ahead of government clampdown.

Dominic Raab denies Dominic Cummings made key pandemic decisions /in /by

Boris Johnson's former deputy says Sajid Javid is wrong to suggest the PM was his chief adviser's "puppet".

The Covid kids starting school unable to speak /in /by

Children with speech problems could not access therapy during Covid - but now some are getting expert help.

Southmead Hospital tackling emergency waits as winter arrives /in /by

It is investing millions to get patients in and out quicker as colder weather arrives.

Finding happiness after the Clutha helicopter crash /in /by

A decade since disaster struck a busy Glasgow pub, survivor Michael Byrne speaks of the impact the tragedy had on him.

Family plea to ‘take action’ over ambulance delay deaths /in /by

Christopher Hart, 50, was found dead in his Suffolk home while waiting eight hours for an ambulance.

HIV blood tests to be rolled out to more hospitals /in /by

The opt-out tests help with earlier diagnoses and treatment, the health secretary says.

Thalidomide: Australia gives national apology to survivors and families /in /by

PM Anthony Albanese calls the birth defects scandal one of Australia's "darkest" medical chapters.

Covid inquiry: Michael Gove defends Boris Johnson over lockdown decision-making /in /by

But the minister apologises for the government's "errors" during the pandemic at the Covid inquiry.