Tag Archive for: BBC News

Women on gynae waiting lists ‘feel abandoned’/in /by
A review of gynae services in NI finds that more than 37,000 women are on hospital waiting lists.
Gene therapy treats painful hereditary disorder/in /by
A single dose of gene therapy was enough to stop the painful swelling attacks caused by angiodema.
BRCA tests to be offered to Jewish people to detect cancer risk/in /by
NHS England says it wants to test 30,000 Jewish people over the next two years for faulty BRCA genes.
Edenfield Centre: Vulnerable patients denied human rights – review/in /by
A report finds failings at Edenfield mental health unit after BBC Panorama exposed patient mistreatment.
What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work?/in /by
The second round of public hearings examined how ministers made decisions during the pandemic.
Sturgeon: I did not take Covid decisions for political reasons/in /by
Scotland's former first minister says none of her decisions were based on trying to advance the cause of independence.
Dry January: ‘I saved £200 by giving up alcohol’/in /by
Jasmine Hoole was one of the millions who gave up drinking for a month.
Seven conditions that your local chemist can treat/in /by
Pharmacies in England are able to supply antibiotics and advice without patients seeing a doctor.
West Midlands has 75% of England’s measles cases/in /by
A consultant epidemiologist at the UKHSA said the outbreak in the region "remains a concern".
Covid inquiry: John Swinney manually deleted texts to Nicola Sturgeon/in /by
The ex-deputy first minister says he will apologise "unreservedly" if he "misunderstood" messaging policy.