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‘Game-changing’ urine tests could detect breast cancer, endometriosis and PCOS/in /by
New tests are being developed to spot early signs of breast cancer and endometriosis in urine.
‘Moment of reckoning’ needed in social care, says Louise Casey/in /by
The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).
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.
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.