All news by author: Martin Bagot

With around a fifth of the population on NHS waiting lists, the ONS found all ages put in more sicknotes - and total illness days for those with long-term conditions hit a record 105million

The Tories’ 'flawed' payment contract for dentists has been blamed on increasing numbers cutting their NHS work and going private - and some patients resorting to ripping their own teeth out

Anyone in England diagnosed with the type 2 version of the disease in the last six years can now be referred for the weight loss support scheme by their GP

Despite promising to recruit 5,000 more GPs in their 2015 manifesto and 6,000 more in their 2019 manifesto, there are 2,000 fewer full-time, fully trained GPs today than in 2015

Scientists at University College London are hoping the 'gene silencing drug'' could curb a protein linked to the brain damage caused by Alzheimer's, heralding new hopes for patients

The family of Jensen Shettler are encouraging others to donate blood plasma after a transplant helped boost their little one's immune system and avoid catching a potentially fatal illness

A poll of 4,500 adults suggests 9.94 million went without primary care in February. More than half blamed long waiting times for an appointment

NHS Employers, an organisation which acts on behalf of NHS trusts, argues the six month period in which industrial action can be taken in England expires during the strike action

Some of the most influential Black people in Britain - including Dame Sharon White and Lord Simon Woolley - have joined efforts to raise awareness of the shortage

Figures for 2022 show someone in Somerset waited about a year and eight months for a test or scan when it should only be two weeks

News comes as the Government plans to give out e-cigarettes as a quitting tool, while the Mirror found illegal vapes are being sold to kids in shops

A 13-year study of 20,000 Spaniards found that longer nappers had almost double the risk of developing heart problems, with analysis showing the optimal time to take for a siesta was between 15 and 30 minutes

Some 66% of adults are overweight or obese – and 90% of diabetics have Type 2, which is linked to unhealthy lifestyles and puts them at risk of heart attacks, strokes and amputations

Expert is worried the NHS will struggle to cope during the “hangover period” from the strikes next week, and says emergency departments may treat only patients arriving by ambulance

Originally, donors were told any children would only ever know general information about them, but in April 2005, updated rules meant their identities could be revealed

Around 60,000 junior doctors walked out yesterday and will not return until 7am at Saturday, making it the most disruptive strike in NHS history

E-cigarette starter kits will be offered to one in five of all users in England under the “swap to stop” programme

One of the biggest strikes by medics starts today, with warnings of cancelled appointments and ­operations, as staff battle for better pay

The operation was guided by a hair-thin fibre optic cable threaded all the way up through an artery and could eventually help thousands of men at risk of fatal aneurysms

A shock poll has found one in three people needing emergency care have now driven, taken taxis, trains or even buses as desperate patients find their own way to hospital

Up to half the junior doctors in England could to be absent for four days from Tuesday, with a quarter of a million appointments expected to be axed

Infection rates were compared from December 2021 to June 2022, when masks were compulsory for all pa­­­tients and staff, and June to September 2022 when the policy was relaxed

NHS Providers, which represents hospital chief executives, said it will struggle to get enough senior doctors to provide cover straight after a Bank Holiday and during the Easter school break

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, 47, opted for a double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA gene, but the olaparib drug targets cancers by stopping tumour cells from repairing their DNA

Scientists from the US and China looked at how much “free sugars” added to food and drinks impact upon 83 health outcomes