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Senior Lucy Letby hospital boss arrested

PA Wire / Investigations are under way into senior leadership at the hospital after the murders A senior healthcare boss…

BBC Health · 3d ago · 2 min read
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Girl, 6, has sight restored through gene therapy

Family handout / Saffie is a massive fan of Spider-Man, her family says The mother of a six-year-old girl who had life-c…

BBC Health · 3d ago · 4 min read
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'Adenomyosis ruined my life'

Rachel Moore said she wants to share her "traumatic ordeal" to raise awareness A woman says she was "fobbed off by the N…

BBC Health · 3d ago · 4 min read
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'I gave up my job due to the stress of my child's food allergies'

Katy gave up work to manage her daughter's food allergies A mother has said she felt forced to give up her job to look a…

BBC Health · 3d ago · 8 min read
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'Toxic culture' at NHS trust left staff suicidal

Harvey Cooper said he submitted complaints about the bullying and harassment he faced from colleagues but says not enoug…

BBC Health · 3d ago · 8 min read
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High Street mini-marts selling cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs, BBC secret filming reveals

Watch: BBC confronts dealer after going undercover at High Street mini-mart selling drugs Cocaine, cannabis, laughing ga…

BBC Health · 3d ago · 9 min read
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Why can't newly qualified midwives get jobs?

Nikki Fox/BBC / Students and graduates joined a protest in Norwich to to highlight the difficulties of newly qualified m…

BBC Health · 3d ago · 7 min read
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'My baby scratches and scratches': Families say their homes are making their children sick

Family photo / Nestere Yehdego says his daughter has developed a skin condition while living in temporary accommodation …

BBC Health · 3d ago · 6 min read
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Your pint could come with a surprising health benefit

Getty Images Drinking the odd pint of beer can provide "substantial levels" of an essential brain-boosting vitamin in yo…

BBC Health · 4d ago · 3 min read
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Breast cancer type study 'critically under-funded'

Philippa Goymer/BBC / Katie Swinburne said her treatment was designed for another type of breast cancer Silent vigils ha…

BBC Health · 4d ago · 3 min read
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Hay fever misery does last longer - here is how to cope

Getty Images Hay fever sufferers must now put up with symptoms for up to two weeks longer than they would have done in t…

BBC Health · 4d ago · 5 min read
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Bird flu vaccine trial against potential pandemic strain begins

Clare Howard was one of the first people to be vaccinated against the bird flu strain The first volunteers in the UK hav…

BBC Health · 5d ago · 4 min read