All news on the topic: NHS

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Jamie Laing's sister Emily says she tried to end her life during alcohol battle
Emily Laing, sister of Made In Chelsea's Jamie Laing, opened up about the mental health struggles she experienced while battling an alcohol addiction
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Heartache as 'selfless' mum dies just 12 days after being diagnosed with cancer
Billie-Joe Graham passed away just days before she was due to start her cancer treatment, being diagnosed with the disease just over a week before
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NHS patients struggling with obesity to get weight loss jab after US popularity
Ministers will hold a two-year pilot costing £40million that is hoped will reduce pressure on the health service by helping people to shed pounds - it comes after NICE approved the drug's use earlier this year
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Rob Burrow's loving wife carries husband in powerful pics that lay bare struggle
The former Rugby League star, who has motor neurone disease, is being cared for by his devoted wife Lindsey after devastating diagnosis
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British mum took daughter abroad for medical help as 'doctors ignored symptoms'
Mum Abbie Curtis has vowed to only ever use private healthcare and has 'lost all faith' in NHS GP services after claiming doctors back in the UK ignored her daughter's 'horrid' symptoms
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A sock and rice can improve hay fever symptoms and help you sleep
Nearly a third of Brits suffer from hay fever so badly they need to alter their lifestyle to manage symptoms - but help is at hand with this unusual remedy
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Brits warned to check health insurance before going on holidays due to Brexit
Brits travelling to an EU country or Switzerland post-Brexit should have either a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
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'Doctors missed 4 signs I had cancer until I had emergency op to save my life'
Health watchdogs have found Charlie Pulpett's early colon cancer symptoms should have been investigated as red flags after she needed two thirds of her colon removed
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Ancient deadly disease may be tackled via DNA as UK mutant superstrains feared
TB is overtaking Covid-19 as the most deadly infectious disease and experts fear mutant superstrains could be imported to Britain
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'I didn't send my daughter to uni to die - there were so many missed red flags'
Student Lucy de Oliveira was 22 when she took her own life. Her mother Liz, alongside other bereaved parents, is calling on the Government to introduce a new law in a bid to protect students
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Mum gets 'one in a million' diagnosis after sitting on toilet & knees shattered
Bethany Eason is urging people to take the symptoms of giant cell tumours seriously after she had to have her knee removed and being told she'd never regain full mobility
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'Health chiefs should apologise for my son stabbing stranger to death'
David Fleet, 20, stabbed 71-year-old Lewis Stone to death in a random attack near the family home in Borth, Ceredigion in 2019 - Fleet had been released from a psychiatric unit days before
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Peter Andre admits he's 'so stressed' about Princess, 15, having a boyfriend
Peter Andre, 50, has admitted that he's an 'overprotective dad' so he's 'really stressed out' about daughter Princess dating
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Man with splinter left in hand for four days has to have finger cut off
Alan Blakey, who works in a children’s home, had removed the splinter four days after it became lodged in the skin of a finger on his left hand
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Hospitals 'were dangerously understaffed' when Covid hit because of austerity
A TUC report today finds health and social care were in the 'danger zone' at the start of the pandemic as pay freezes had led to problems with recruitment and staff turnover
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Archie Battersbee's mum issues plea to MPs after heartbreaking death of son, 12
Hollie Dance and Archie's father Paul Battersbee fought a desperate legal fight to save their son after the High Court ruled ending life support was in his best interests
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Ancient deadly disease overtaking Covid as experts say UK faces ticking timebomb
The Mirror went to South Africa to see the work being done to fight tuberculosis - which has now overtaken Covid as the world's most deadly infectious disease
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Life-saving first aid tips that every parent and carer should know
As the summer holidays approach and the weather remains balmy, parents and guardians are reminded of some top first aid tips which can make huge differences in situations of peril
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Breath tests that detect cancer may be available in GP surgeries within 5 years
Clinical trials for systems that can detect cancers in air exhaled by patients are under way - they could transform the fight against cancers of stomach, pancreas and colon
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Use your body's 'pulse points' to cool down and stop you sweating so much
Simply dipping your hands and feet in cool water and eating lighter meals can go a long way to keep you feeling blissfully chilled as the weather hots up this summer
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Warning tummy ache could be sign of disease that can cause silent killer
More than 2,000 people were admitted to hospital with types of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the financial year 2020/2021, figures show, but the conditions can be managed
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UK's 'silent epidemic' leaving almost 28 million Brits in horrific pain
Tens of millions of Brits live with the condition known as chronic pain, described as the silent epidemic by some people which is often undiagnosed and underestimated
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Thousands of UK-trained doctors work overseas as NHS staffing crisis laid bare
In March, 8,549 doctor vacancies in secondary care were reported in England, as data shows 13,400 UK-trained doctors practised abroad in 2020, where they get higher pay or a better work-life balance
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Covid inquiry should examine 'brutal' Tory austerity, unions and bereaved demand
Stage one of the public inquiry will examine the UK's "resilience and preparedness" for the crisis, with ex-PM David Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne set to appear.
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'US politics lives American scream as polls show UK's faith in MPs is deflating'
Some stats this week show just 14% of people polled said MPs had the public’s best interests at heart