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Blood in urine cancer warnings to appear in men’s toilets
The awareness messages will be carried on urinal mats as part of efforts to detect male cancers early.
Infected Blood Scandal: PM risks ending on ‘wrong side of history’
Campaigners say the government works "at a snails pace" to compensate victims infected with HIV or hepatitis C.
Junior doctors plan nine days of strikes, after talks collapse
Walkouts are planned on three days in the run-up to Christmas and six days in the new year.
Ministers lose infected blood vote after Tory MPs revolt
MPs were voting on a plan to set up a compensation scheme for infected blood scandal victims.
Humiliated Covid whistleblower says boss tried to ‘break’ her
A senior doctor gives her first interview since being awarded a record £3.2m payout at a tribunal.
HIV and forced sterilisations: How four Kenyan women found justice
Four women living with HIV who won a landmark case tell the BBC about how they were sterilised.
Care sector fears migration changes are a step back
Many in social care believe overseas staff saved the system from collapse, reports Alison Holt.
Batten Disease: Parents to celebrate ‘last Christmas’ with daughter
Addy Clarke's parents are making the most of time with the seven-year-old, who has Batten Disease.
Infected blood: Tory rebellion expected on payouts amendment
Up to 30,000 people were given contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s. Thousands have died.
Rishi Sunak could miss NHS waiting list target over strikes, says Victoria Atkins
New health secretary Victoria Atkins says strikes by medics have delayed 1.1 million appointments.