Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

Women plan UK legal action over talc cancer claims
Hundreds of women in the UK are taking legal action against Johnson and Johnson.
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‘Ambulance delays made me a widow at 28’
Aaron Morris, 31, died following a crash in County Durham in 2022, but could have been saved.
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Surgeries on ‘precipice’ ahead of tax hike, says GP
A doctor says practices may be pushed "over the edge" by the National Insurance rate rise.
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Streeting orders review to end ‘toxic’ NHS staff row
The health secretary says fears over physician associates need looking at, but laments nature of debate.
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Action needed after baby feed deaths, says coroner
A law change is needed after three babies die after being given contaminated feed, a coroner says.
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Davina McCall out of ICU after brain surgery
The presenter's partner says she has made an "enormous leap forward" as he thanked well-wishers.
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‘Exploitative’ children’s home profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
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Gynaecology waiting lists double, leaving women in pain
Around 630,000 women are waiting for gynaecology appointments as waiting lists double in four years.
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Nurse said she would have drowned patient at birth
Kathleen Alexandra Warmington is struck off for making "inappropriate comments".
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US reports first case of emerging mpox strain
A person in California has tested positive for the emerging strain, which can cause a more serious illness.
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