Birth trauma inquiry urges maternity care overhaul/in /by
Recommendations include appointing a new maternity commissioner, who would report to the PM.
Poor maternity tolerated as normal, inquiry says/in /by
MPs heard "harrowing stories" from women, including some who said they were left in blood-soaked sheets.
Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies/in /by
The US hospital which carried out the operation said Rick Slayman's death was not a result of the transplant.
Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use/in /by
Patients say the device allows them to reduce the number of hospital visits involved in cancer care.
Vaccine expert ‘very worried’ by whooping cough deaths/in /by
Five babies have died from the infection amid a rise in cases in the UK.
Mum ignored test and got cancer says BBC presenter/in /by
BBC Wales' Lucy Owen on her mum's regrets at taking no notice of bowel cancer test offers.
Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began/in /by
Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.
Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began/in /by
Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.
‘World first’ for double hand transplant patient/in /by
Tanya Shepherd has received pioneering blood treatment to prevent her body rejecting her new hands.
Whooping cough cases up again as five babies die/in /by
There were 1,300 cases of the bacterial infection in March, after just over 900 in February in England.