Entries by BBC News - Health

Wirral mum in coma lands back in UK after £50k raised /in /by

Melissa Kinsella, 30, is now in hospital on Merseyside after being on life support in Turkey.

First UK death linked to ‘zombie’ drug xylazine /in /by

There have been warnings in the US about its flesh-eating properties and role in 7% of fatal overdoses.

Watch: Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again /in /by

A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants

Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again /in /by

A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants

Lucy Letby trial: Nurse says ‘dirty’ ward was factor in baby deaths /in /by

Murder-accused nurse Lucy Letby says there was "raw sewage coming out of sinks" at the hospital.

Vaping: How do you quit e-cigarettes? /in /by

It can get you off tobacco - but what do you do when you want to say bye to your e-cig?

People paying for operations up by third since Covid pandemic /in /by

Long waits for NHS treatment appear to be forcing people to pay out thousands of pounds for care.

Work pressures driving nurses and midwives away /in /by

Numbers on the register reach a record high but the regulator is worried about the amount leaving the profession.

Tavistock: Top doctor questions need for change at gender clinic /in /by

The senior doctor is recorded questioning why changes to the controversial Tavistock clinic are required.

Essex GP struck off over ‘sexually motivated’ examination /in /by

A doctor appears at tribunal over the appointments with four female patients in 2016.