2 h. ago Doctors are told to send people to the gym and job coaches instead of writing sick notes

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the UK could no longer afford to ‘keep writing people off’

Society

4 h. ago 'When doctors finally told me what my rash was, I considered dying'

Mum Rachel, 46, had been suffering 'eczema' for two years before she got a proper diagnosis

Events

9 h. ago Doctors told to refer people to job coaches or the gym, not write sick notes

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the UK could no longer afford to ‘keep writing people off’.

Society

38 h. ago Jackass' Bam Margera almost lost his legs as they 'dry rotted' away after alcohol abuse

Jackass icon Bam Margera has suffered a number of injuries throughout his skateboarding career and doctors once told him that his legs were as good as "dry rotted"

Events

49 h. ago Newborn baby died after mother was left to give birth alone on NHS hospital ward by midwives and doctors, inquest told

Liliwen Iris Thomas was born at the University of Wales Hospital but died just hours later after her mother's cries for help were ignored during labour.

Events

68 h. ago Tonight's Cardiff City news as fresh player link emerges and coach lands huge new job

The latest Bluebirds news from Cardiff City Stadium

Sport

68 h. ago 'I received a horrifying diagnosis after having a pimple on my forehead for two years'

Rachel Archer believed a longstanding pimple on her forehead was related to her acne, only to be told by a doctor two years later it was something much more sinister

Politics

2 d. ago A baby born to a brain dead mother: this is the horror of abortion bans | Moira Donegan

Adriana Smith was legally dead for months, but kept on life support in Atlanta because she was pregnantOn Friday 13 June, a baby was born in an Atlanta hospital to a woman who had been dead for four months. Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Black nurse and mother, was declared brain dead in February after blood clots formed in her brain. Legally, and by all meaningful measures, she was dead then: the woman who loved her family, laughed with her friends, comforted her son, helped her colleagues and cared for her patients was gone then, and was never coming back. But the state of Georgia, and the administrators of the hospital where she was declared dead, kept her corpse in a state of artificial animation for months. That’s because when Smith went to the hospital in February complaining of a headache, and later became unresponsive, she was about eight weeks pregnant. According to her family, doctors at Emory hospital, in Georgia, told the family that the state’s abortion ban required them ...

Events

6 d. ago Who is Hannah Hampton? England goalkeeper told by doctors not to play football replaces Mary Earps at Euro 2025

From the brink of quitting football, Hampton has proved everyone wrong to cement her place as England’s No 1 for Euro 2025

Politics

7 d. ago Manchester United hero set for surprise coaching role with Premier League rivals

The latest Man Utd news as Gabriel Heinze is reportedly set to take a coaching job in the Premier League.

Sport

8 d. ago The subtle signs in your eyes that could mean you'll develop diabetes and cancer

Eye doctors told the Daily Mail that simple eye exams could detect chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, even without other symptoms.

Science

1 week ago Apprentice star suspended by medical council flogging sick notes online for £29

In an angry X rant Apprentice star Dr Asif Munaf described his doctors as 'well-qualified professionals' not 'guys scribbling on Post-it notes' after he was suspended by the medical council

Economics

1 week ago Apprentice star suspended by the medical council is now selling sick notes online for as little as £29

The former NHS doctor, 37, set up Dr Sick Ltd in September 2024, according to documents filed to Companies House.

Economics

1 week ago The doctor told me the unusual freckle on my back was 'nothing to worry about'. He was wrong... and the news only got worse from there

A mum has shared her terrifying brush with cancer that saw her diagnosed with nine melanomas - and dismissed by a senior GP who told her to 'wait 12 months.'

Politics

1 week ago 'Doctor told me it was a cyst and receptionist said I was too young – but I wasn't'

EXCLUSIVE: Aubrie Bell's world was turned upside down when she found what doctors dismissed as a cyst in her breast which turned out to be something more sinister

Politics

1 week ago Today's rugby news as cult hero lands Welsh coaching job and North goes controversial with Lions call

These are the rugby stories making headlines on the morning of Saturday, June 28

Sport

2 w. ago The GP dismissed my common gut problem nine times...it was stomach cancer and now I have a year to live

Georgia Gardiner, 28, mother to two-year-old Arlo, from Leeds in West Yorkshire, has been told she has two years to live after doctors dismissed her incurable cancer for heartburn.

Politics

2 w. ago 'Doctors said lump in my breasts was nothing but now I have incurable cancer'

Lea says her concerns were dismissed by doctors - only to later be told she had incurable cancer

Science

2 w. ago Cyclist forced to retire after getting allergy so serious it ‘stops you getting out of bed for 9

Mason Hollyman has been forced to retire from professional cycling at the age of 24 after a doctor told him surprising news about his allergies

Politics

3 w. ago Doctors told my Nana she had a short while left. They were wrong. She defied the odds and lived for almost a decade. That's why I'll be voting AGAINST the assisted dying bill: ROBERT JENRICK

Robert Jenrick has made an emotional appeal against assisted dying, as MPs prepare for a momentous vote on whether to let the terminally ill end their own lives.

Society