Tag Archive for: BBC News

What we learned from a shocking week of Covid testimony/in /by
A picture emerged of a dysfunctional, divided No 10 - a timely reminder of events in November 2020.
Unlikely first Covid lockdown could have been avoided – Johnson/in /by
The former PM says only a vaccine or drugs - unavailable at the time - could have averted the curbs.
Suicide site encouraged daughter to die – parents/in /by
Bronwen Morgan's parents are calling for a block on suicide websites after she took her own life.
No targeted mental health support for flood-hit farmers/in /by
The government rejects calls to provide new funding for mental health support for farmers in crises.
Children’s health warning system rolled out by NHS/in /by
The concerns of families and carers will be at the heart of a new early-warning system, the NHS says.
Pioneering operation combines cancer surgery and Caesarean/in /by
Four women have had a landmark two-in-one operation to reduce the inherited risk of ovarian cancer.
Covid inquiry hears Matt Hancock wanted to decide who lived and died/in /by
Former NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens tells the Covid inquiry the "horrible dilemma never crystallised".
Cough syrup maker boss jailed in Indonesia/in /by
The pharmaceutical firm, Afi Farma, has been linked to the deaths of more than 200 Indonesian children.
Hospitals fail people with learning disabilities, says watchdog/in /by
Watchdog concerned over lack of specialist nurses, training for staff and information sharing in England.
Brain power dropped among over-50s during Covid-19 pandemic, study shows/in /by
Cognitive skills, such as memory, waned - possibly linked to stress, loneliness and alcohol, study shows.