All news on the topic: NHS

Dr Hilary Jones has revealed that the UK hasn't got any Covid-19 variants of concern, but warned that the flu is "more of a threat" this winter

A screening trial for prostate cancer has reportedly been given the go-ahead on the NHS with around 300,000 men invited to take part based on their age and ethnicity

Ron Carnall said the symptoms were down to a 'bad back'

Suzanne Doherty's baby son Leo was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis just weeks after he was born - and she is now worried he won't get the treatment he needs to survive on the NHS

A Chancellor with his finger on the nation’s pulse would be looking to boost school and hospital spending, ease the social care crisis and support four million children in poverty

A woman is furious with her colleagues after several of them asked her to swap holiday with her so they could have Christmas Day off - because they have kids and she doesn't

Patients showing symptoms of conditions including sinusitis and sore throat will be able to self-refer to pharmacies and get drugs without a GP's prescription starting from January

It's been another week of infighting and disasters for Rishi Sunak's party - just don't forget it all when it comes to election time

Earlier this year, the Autumn Covid booster jab programme was rushed forward three weeks coming on the back of the discovery of a highly mutated Covid variant, BA.2.86

Trans people are facing a waiting-list armageddon to get help from specialist clinics and it has already cost lives with many folk left in despair by the NHS, research has suggested

Once again, the Government is trialling brutal disability cuts - this time, as a way of paying for vote-winning tax cuts in 2024, but the vulnerable will suffer badly

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the changes with tougher penalties for those subject to benefit sanctions for more than six months ahead of next week's Autumn Statement

Almost a quarter of a million people are waiting to have their social care needs assessed - prompting calls for Jeremy Hunt to tackle the crisis in next week's Autumn Statement

Earlier this year the UK Health Security Agency issued a warning that cases are up by a fifth on the previous highest year and is reminding people with “multiple sexual partners” to wear a condom and get tested regularly

Dr Jane Horsey who had worked in Keighley, Yorkshire, was given a set of conditions to follow rather than face being struck off despite being caught drink-driving for the second time

Lucie Maguire was hit by the tractor and dragged underneath its trailer after a car breakdown in a country lane in North Yorkshire, and spent months in hospital after having an amputation

There are many things we can do to avoid diabetes, but a recent study has shown there is also a certain fruit that may be able to slash your risk of developing the condition

Barbara Boyd, from Kirkcaldy, thought she had an ulcer on her gum but it was months before she discovered it was a tumour and she had to have part of her tongue removed

Did you know if you have certain health conditions, are pregnant or aged 65 and over, you could be eligible for a free flu and Covid-19 vaccination? Check and book today

The family’s nightmare began at around Halloween 2016 when they noticed Christina, who had been ­trampolining at their Norfolk home, had a slight limp

An expert has criticised on the NHS' ambition of eliminating cervical cancer in the next two decades, saying the disease which kills 3,000 women a year will "always be there"

Wendy Clarke was given a year to live last January, and she is using her remaining time to urge women to get smear tests, earning the pop star's admiration

Chickenpox is an infection that is caused by a germ called varicella-zoster virus. It causes a skin rash and can appear anywhere on the body - most people get the virus when they are young

Owen McGrath from Liverpool thought he just had a chest infection and went to a free NHS lung health check not thinking it would be anything worse, until a phone call on his birthday revealed otherwise

Rianna Cleary was six months pregnant in the biggest women's prison in the country when she gave birth alone in a prison cell before her baby Aisha died in her arms