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Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day /in /by

Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.

Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis /in /by

"People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it... [but] you don’t," she says.

Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis /in /by

"People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it... [but] you don’t," she says.

Trying to get social care can be ‘horrendous’, Baroness Casey tells BBC /in /by

The chair of the independent commission on adult social care also says the care system relies on the exploitation of its workforce.

Dentists return £900m for not seeing NHS patients /in /by

Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.

Death of boy after surgery is referred to coroner /in /by

Nine-year-old Jack Moate died in 2015, weeks after an operation carried out by a now-suspended surgeon.

Allergy training to become compulsory in schools in England /in /by

The plans, due to come into force in September, follow support for Benedict's Law, a campaign to improve allergy safety in schools.

Dentists return £900m for not seeing NHS patients /in /by

Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.

Drug breakthrough for children with severe form of epilepsy /in /by

Families say the groundbreaking medicine is transforming the lives of children with Dravet syndrome.

‘My son can now enjoy life’: Children with severe form of epilepsy helped by new drug /in /by

Families say the groundbreaking medicine is transforming the lives of children with Dravet syndrome.