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Ayaan on his 4th birthday. Credit: Haroon Rashid/SWNS

Parents say hospital staff laughed as son’s life support turned off

GPs will no longer issue prescriptions to treat some minor health conditions (Composite: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld)

35 health conditions GPs will no longer give prescriptions for

The NHS Covid-19 app will close after a three-year run

NHS Covid-19 app to close after three years - here’s when

Best mattresses to help your child grow and sleep

Best mattresses for children: help your child grow and sleep

Up to 28,000 nurses in England will vote on whether to accept the government’s NHS pay offer (Photo: Getty Images)

Up to 280,000 RCN nursing staff to vote on new NHS pay offer

Richard Howe at his home in Cambridgeshire (Photo: James Linsell-Clark SWNS)

Man goes to Ukraine for dental work as he couldn’t get NHS appointment

Key workers are struggling to afford even the most basic food items, according to the Food Foundation (image: Getty Images)

Charity report finds NHS staff and teachers ‘struggle to afford food’

People are using a drug called Ozempic or Wegovy, which was created to help people manage their diabetes symptoms, to help them lose weight.

TikTok 'fuels drug shortage' of Ozempic and Wegovy weight loss jab UK

Data published by NHS England shows 16.5% of patients were waiting longer than the NHS target time of 18 weeks for a wheelchair.

Thousands of disabled people face 4 month wait for NHS wheelchair

Nurses striking in January outside Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. Photo: Alex Shute

NHS pay rises will not come at patients' expense, govt says

A government adviser on food issues has quit the role after five years, hitting out at the failure of the Conservative Party to rein in the junk food industry. Photos: Adobe Stock

Food tsar blames Tory inaction on obesity as he quits

Beki Reilly in a hospital bed following emergency surgery. Picture: Irwin Mitchell / SWNS

Woman fights for her life after botched contraceptive coil operation

GP surgeries must give patients an appointment or referral the first time they call under the terms of a new NHS contract (Photo: Adobe)

Patients must now get GP slot first time they call to end 8am rush

A “game changer” weight loss injection is to be made available through the NHS (Photo: Getty Images)

Weight loss jab used by celebrities to become available on NHS

Unison has confirmed ambulance strikes are to go ahead. Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Ambulance worker strikes called off as union enters pay talks

Zholia Alemi was convicted at Manchester Crown Court of fraud offences (Photo: PA)

Fake psychiatrist who worked for NHS for more than 20 years jailed

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Matt Hancock explains wearing of ‘auctioned’ Newcastle United shirt

The inquiry is so wide-ranging that it has been split into three modules (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Covid-19 public inquiry hones in on Govt response, impact on NHS

Long A&E waits contributed to around 23,000 excess deaths in 2022, a medical college claims (Photo: Getty Images)

Around 23,000 excess deaths last year ‘linked to long A&E waits’

NHS staff have spoken out about the pressures within the healthcare workforce and their concerns about not being able “to do the right thing by all patients". Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

NHS staff ‘cried’ talking about working conditions and patient safety

Tesco shoppers can pick up at-home testing kits for various health conditions (Photo: Getty Images)

At-home test kits to check for cancer launch in Tesco stores

Health minister, Humza Yousaf, is in the running to be the next First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP.

Analysis How NHS Scotland compares to the rest of the UK’s healthcare systems

The government is planning to soften its hardline position towards striking NHS workers in a fresh bid to bring the long-running dispute to an end, reports suggest. Credit: Getty Images

Ministers ‘soften’ approach to NHS strikes in bid to end union dispute

Junior doctors in England will strike for three days in March (Photo: Getty Images)

Junior doctors to strike for 72 hours after being left ‘no choice’

The five ‘missions’ will form the backbone of Labour’s election manifesto (Photo: PA)

Starmer’s five national ‘missions’ for Labour if party gains power

Britain’s Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union head Pat Cullen (C) joins striking nurses at a picket line outside University College Hospital in London. Credit: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

Nurses agree to pause strikes as RCN begins ‘intensive pay talks’

Our NHS Wales tracker will be updated with the latest data throughout the 2022/23 winter to track pressure on the health service (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

How the NHS is coping in Wales this winter - interactive data

Free DIY home finger-prick tests for HIV offered across England

Sally Chapman decided to get a double mastectomy after finding out she had an increased risk of contracting breast cancer. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

‘Nine of my family died from cancer - I had a double mastectomy at 27’

More than 500,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer every year by 2040 (Photo: Getty Images)

Cancer cases in the UK set to top 500,000 per year by 2040

The British Medical Association (BMA) will hold an ‘indicative’ ballot in a dispute over pay as nurses, physios, and ambulance workers have already walked out this year

Explainer NHS consultants to be balloted on strikes over ‘brutal’ pay cuts

The £1 billion investment aims to tackle the long delays in emergency care (Photo: Getty Images)

NHS to get hospital beds and ambulances to ‘fix’ emergency care

Matt Stancer with his daughter Eve and son Tyler. Pictures: Family handout

Dad who nearly lost his legs to flesh-eating bug needs to raise £100K