Entries by BBC News - Health

Excluding us from meetings harmed Covid response, mayors tell inquiry /in /by

Repeated requests to join meetings in early 2020 were refused, London and Greater Manchester mayors say.

Fresh pay offer could end NHS consultant strikes /in /by

Extra increase on top of 6% rise given this year will now be put to union members in England.

Hughie and Freddie: Fundraising teen on moment he got cancer all-clear /in /by

Hughie was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2020, and has gone on to raise thousands with best friend Freddie.

New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government’s shock reversal /in /by

Health experts are appalled as the new government plans to repeal the policy to fund tax cuts.

Royal Papworth starts ‘blood powder’ trial with first recruit /in /by

Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge hopes the product will improve heart surgery survival rates.

‘Long Covid triggered our MCAS, but doctors didn’t believe us’ /in /by

Elle Gorman and George Cooper explain how they were told their post-long Covid illness didn't exist.

John Lewis to offer health checks to customers /in /by

The department store is partnering with Covid-19 testing firm Randox Health to offer new services.

Covid: Lack of trust in government adversely affected minorities – Badenoch /in /by

The business secretary tells the Covid inquiry some minority groups did not trust the government.

Hep C: More than 70% of Bristolians ‘know nothing’ of virus /in /by

Keith Hathaway, from Bristol, is promoting awareness of blood-borne viruses such as Hepatitis C.

China says no ‘unusual or novel pathogens’ after WHO queries respiratory outbreaks /in /by

Beijing tells the WHO it found no "unusual or novel pathogens" in the cases involving children.