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Cold weather: How do cold-health alerts work?/in /by
The UK Health Security Agency has issued an amber cold-health alert for the whole of England.
UK Covid inquiry ups sticks to Scotland… in 90 seconds/in /by
The BBC's Kirsten Campbell outlines what can be expected during three weeks of evidence held in Edinburgh.
UK Covid inquiry comes to Scotland… in 90 seconds/in /by
The BBC's Kirsten Campbell outlines what can be expected during three weeks of evidence held in Edinburgh.
Machete attacks leave children with ‘war-zone’ injuries, say Leeds trauma staff/in /by
On-shift with the Leeds hospital team caring for young knife crime patients in West Yorkshire.
More evidence to ban energy drinks for children, study finds/in /by
Raised risks of anxiety, stress and suicidal thoughts have been highlighted by new research.
Study links missed Covid jabs with severe disease risk/in /by
More than 7,000 hospital admissions could have been prevented in summer 2022 with full protection.
Weight-loss surgeon told patient to ‘eat, eat, eat’/in /by
Turkish surgeon Ogün Erşen told an undercover BBC reporter she could qualify for gastric sleeve surgery if she ate "some snacks".
NHS ‘thought St Albans cancer patient was from Traveller community’/in /by
Angela Devlin, 26, says she was not offered a check as it was assumed she would not have an address.
Bariatric tourism care costs NHS more than actual surgery – study/in /by
Data from five hospitals shows the NHS spent £560,000 on 35 patients in 2022 after surgery abroad.
BBC’s Glenn Campbell on shock of brain cancer diagnosis/in /by
BBC Scotland's political editor says the discovery of a tumour was devastating - but that he's been lucky.