All news by author: Martin Bagot

Last year, around 3,400 transplants were blocked by families as the consent rate dropped from 66% to 62% - with some 1,130 families declining to give support last year

Patrick O’Sullivan’s wife Geraldine, 65, died from a catastrophic bleed on the brain last year - but he says knowing how she has helped others in her death has helped with his grief

The Nottingham inquiry is being led by Donna Ockenden, the midwifery expert whose Shrewsbury report concluded in March that failures had led to more than 200 deaths of babies

Data shows rates among the over-54s have risen by almost 200% since the 1990s - but what are the key signs indicating you need to visit your GP for a checkup?

Experts point to trend towards having tanned skin from the 1960s as cheap package holidays to Spain and other European hotspots became more affordable

Children will be provided with wearable devices and a tablet so medics can check their vital signs under the pioneering programme

The royals added the finishing touches to cupcakes and helped lay tables at a reception at St Thomas' Hospital

Abena Oppong-Asare, granted a debate after a constituent lost her father due to a dearth of defibrillators, highlighted our campaign in the Commons

Medical professionals have warned the Danish study involving more than 60,000 women has "fundamental limitations" as it found those using HRT were more likely to be diagnosed with dementia

Team GB, ParalympicsGB and Special Olympics GB stars have expressed their gratitude for the NHS supporting them during their lives and careers

Half of those quizzed said they still have symptoms after catching Covid on the front line at the start of the pandemic - and one in five has had to stop work or cut back their hours

Aneira Thomas was born at one minute past midnight on July 5, 1948 – the day Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS – and has slammed the Tories for their treatment of the institution

The long-awaited NHS workforce plan is likely to come under scrutiny when it is published at midday on Friday, with the Tories having only committed funding for the first five years

Community organisations can bid for funding, and successful applicants can choose to match the funding, meaning up to 2,000 life-saving devices could be supplied

Some experts suspect it may be because women suffering memory problems caused by dementia are more likely to be prescribed HRT in the years before diagnosis

Wellcome charity and Microsoft founder Bill Gates join forces to help co-fund final clinical trials of the most promising TB vaccine candidate in a century

The former Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock did not take any personal blame as some victims who lost loves ones to Covid shouted "killer" as he left the Covid Inquiry

Over three hours of questioning, ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted there were insufficient PPE stockpiles and testing capacity but refused to accept blame - instead tearing into emergency planning

The Prime Minister - who is worth £529m - hinted he might offer less than the amount recommended by Government-appointed pay review bodies

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) infection control lead Rosemary Gallagher told the Inquiry: 'We know that we went into the pandemic with a significant shortage, about 50,000 nurses short'

Academics said cases of the debilitating condition are set to 'grow aggressively' in every country and among every age group

Ministers are reportedly considering the plan to catch tumours early and improve patients' chances as data shows we lag behind much of Europe

England’s Chief Medical Officer appeared at the Covid Inquiry and rejected evidence from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt the previous day which blamed a focus on planning for a flu pandemic, rather than a coronavirus

The former Health Secretary told the Covid-19 Inquiry that Britain wrongly prepared for flu and mistakenly assumed herd immunity was inevitable

An expert has warned that poverty and bad dietary habits linked to Government policy has led to kids being smaller than those in other countries