81 m. ago NHS challenges companies to give staff time off for lifesaving cancer checks

Outgoing NHS boss Amanda Pritchard said that ‘simple steps can save lives’.

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3 d. ago 'Unclear' whether student, 22, would have lived if NHS doctors listened to his mum

Leeds University student William Hewes tragically died after there were delays in giving him vital antibiotics at Homerton University Hospital where his mum worked, an inquest heard

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3 d. ago Unclear whether delays in student’s sepsis care at London hospital led to death, coroner rules

Unclear whether delays in student’s sepsis care at London hospital led to death, coroner rules  The Guardian

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2 w. ago New pill approved for NHS that could treat women with painful 'invisible illness'

The NHS drug could transform the lives of people with a condition that is both diffcult to diagnose and treat

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2 w. ago The ‘final turning point’ that helped Kym Marsh quit smoking for good

The TV presenter revealed her family is the main reason she quit smoking ahead of No Smoking Day

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2 w. ago Kym Marsh: ‘I won’t let smoking take me away from my grandchildren’

The TV presenter tells Lisa Salmon her family is ‘everything’, the main reason she quit smoking and is urging others to do the same on No Smoking Day

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2 w. ago New prostate and liver cancer medicines approved for NHS in Scotland

The SMC said it would only be available to those who had already received a previous treatment.

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2 w. ago NHS doctor given just months to live after spotting one cancer symptom

Dr Rekha Gupta, a GP in Leicester, had a painful lump in her breast - an early diagnosis saved her life and now she is sharing her story to help others spot the signs

Science

3 w. ago BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty pauses live show to announce 'breaking news'

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty was forced to pause Thursday's live show as she broke the news that NHS England's medical director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, is set to stand down

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