Trying to stay alive in a town hit by despair
How a team of former addicts are trying to stop others from becoming "deaths of despair" in Blackpool. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trying to stay alive in a town of despair
How a team of former addicts are trying to stop others from becoming "deaths of despair" in Blackpool. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What is the infected blood scandal?
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Need an op? The hospitals with the worst waits
BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Different measure to BMI may spot childhood obesity better, study says
Researchers who have studied thousands of children suggest a new measure could be more accurate. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Reality TV star Vicky Pattison: Why I'd donate my frozen eggs
The reality TV star tells the BBC why she plans to donate any eggs she doesn't use. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Drakeford likens Johnson to absent football manager during Covid
The outgoing first minister criticised the former prime minister's leadership during the pandemic. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Man in the iron lung' Paul Alexander dies at 78
Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Get angry' - F1 broadcaster Gow on stroke recovery
Jennie Gow targets return to F1 broadcasting but has been "frustrated" at times during her recovery. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS staff to get paid leave after miscarriages
Those who miscarry in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy can take 10 days' paid leave, NHS England says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Egg freezing patients ‘misled’ by clinics
Some clinics don't make clear the chances of successfully having a baby, the BBC has found. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS England to stop prescribing puberty blockers
It comes after a review found there was "not enough evidence" the drugs are safe or effective. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trust failed to heed safety warnings, campaigners say
Exclusive new evidence on mental health deaths suggests Norfolk and Suffolk trust didn't take action. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Push for young adults to get MMR jab as cases rise
Young people are being urged to have their measles, mumps and rubella vaccine following a rise in measles cases. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

We were second-class citizens over Covid firebreak - minister
Leadership contender Jeremy Miles is being asked about the decisions he made during the pandemic. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news