Tag Archive for: BBC News

Health guidance urges doctors to ask about patients about gambling/in /by
Doctors are encouraged to identify problem gamblers and those at risk at the earliest possible stage.
Surgeon who claimed Covid-19 was hoax struck off/in /by
Mr Muhammad Adil is struck-off after undermining public confidence in the medical profession.
Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year – PM/in /by
Measure aims to ensure children of today would not be able to buy cigarettes in future.
Lucy Letby: Corporate manslaughter probe at Chester hospital/in /by
Cheshire Police begins a corporate manslaughter inquiry at a hospital after the conviction of Lucy Letby.
Cancer and heart care at risk from strike – NHS England/in /by
Continuing double doctor strike is compromising urgent care, bosses say, but union blames bad planning.
Sir Patrick Vallance criticises Boris Johnson’s ‘impossible flip-flopping’/in /by
Sir Patrick Vallance writes of No 10 "chaos as usual" in diary extracts released to the Covid inquiry.
Bedbug panic sweeps Paris as infestations soar before 2024 Olympics/in /by
France is alarmed as "les punaises", as they're known in French, spread fear and loathing.
Trans women may be banned from women’s NHS wards/in /by
Health Secretary promises consultation on NHS constitution, calling for a "common-sense" approach.
Leicester: Face masks mandatory again in parts of city hospitals/in /by
The move has been prompted by a rise in patients testing positive for Covid, senior medics say.
Mum fears her son could die waiting for life changing surgery/in /by
A mother tells BBC Spotlight she fears her son could die waiting for life changing surgery