Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

Covid inquiry to hear evidence in NI this week
The Covid inquiry comes to Belfast for three weeks to review decisions taken during the pandemic.
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Lib Dems call for access to named GP for over-70s
The party says a "return to the family doctor" would help avoid hospital appointments and save the NHS money.
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How is the King’s cancer treatment going?
The King's medical team are "sufficiently pleased" with his progress after he was diagnosed with cancer in February.
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How is the King’s cancer treatment going?
The King's medical team are "sufficiently pleased" with his progress after he was diagnosed with cancer in February.
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First personalised jab for skin cancer in UK trial
Steve Young is part of the tests to see if an mRNA jab can stop the deadliest skin cancer returning.
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First mRNA skin-cancer vaccine starts UK trial
Steve Young is part of the tests to see if an mRNA jab can stop the deadliest skin cancer returning.
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Smear tests of 3,000 women to be reviewed
The Southern Health Trust says the move is not out of concern but to provide extra assurance.
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England tops chart for child alcohol use – report
The World Health Organization also finds higher rates of drinking and vaping among teenage girls.
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Calls to help with donations of ‘miracle’ plasma
Two women describe the life-changing impacts of immunoglobulin in treating their health conditions.
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Action needed on needless asthma deaths, says charity
There were more than 12,000 UK deaths in the past decade, many of them needless, a charity warns.
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