Entries by BBC News - Health

Cancer patients welcome NHS drug policy change /in /by

Bowel cancer patients say they feel relieved after the NHS lifted a ban on treatment breaks.

Muscular dystrophy: Child racks up 1,200 miles a month for treatment /in /by

Muscular dystrophy patient Elliot, five, makes the journey from Newport to Newcastle twice a month.

Wrexham nurse sacked after death of secret lover patient in car park /in /by

The patient died after being found unresponsive and partially clothed in a hospital car park.

NHS to offer sight-saving drug to premature babies /in /by

Premature babies can now routinely be given the drug ranibizumab on the NHS, to prevent blindness.

Smartwatches may provide early Parkinson’s diagnosis /in /by

Tracking speed of movement might provide a diagnosis up to seven years ahead of symptoms, a study suggests.

Million pound appeal for 20-month-old Hallie who has leukaemia /in /by

Hallie, from Coventry, needs treatment which her family say cannot be provided by the NHS.

Testing begins in Orkney for breast cancer gene variant /in /by

Islanders on Westray were told of a genetic variant linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.

Family to tell first penicillin patient’s story at conference /in /by

PC Albert Alexander received the newly-discovered antibiotic after being injured in 1941.

NHS whistleblowers need more protection, expert warns /in /by

NHS whistleblowers are being victimised, risking another big hospital scandal, an expert tells the BBC.

‘Patients paying the price’ for strikes – NHS chief executive /in /by

Amanda Pritchard says patients are facing disruption for "both sides" failing to find agreement in a dispute over pay in the health service.