Tag Archive for: BBC News

‘Hearing my children’s laughter is like torture’/in /by
Karen Cook has a rare condition called pain hyperacusis which causes crippling and debilitating pain.
The NHS hidden waiting lists terrifying patients/in /by
Patients are facing delays for ongoing cancer care, heart check-ups and eye treatment in England.
UK exam could be scrapped for foreign dentists/in /by
Overseas dentists may be provisionally registered to work in England without checks, plans say.
The day I found out I had special ‘neo’ blood/in /by
Some patients, especially newborns, need specially tested blood to ensure it does not cause harm.
New Parkinson’s drug to be rolled out on NHS/in /by
The treatment will mean many people no longer needing to take more than 20 pills across the day.
Clinical trial plea for young man with failing heart/in /by
Without a clinical trial, Louis O'Brien-Smith fears he will "keep deteriorating and probably die".
‘Ethnic bias’ delayed care before pregnancy death/in /by
A probe at Liverpool Women's Hospital finds delayed diagnosis and treatment of a pregnant black woman.
12-hour A&E waits in winter ‘becoming normalised’/in /by
Experts warn long waits becoming normalised as NHS winter waits show little sign of improvement.
England now seeing clusters of measles cases/in /by
Another 56 cases have been seen in the last week across a number of regions.
School uniforms may impede child activity – study/in /by
A Cambridge study suggests that children who wear school uniforms may be less physically active.