Health

Prostate cancer hopes raised after at-home spit test trials

Saliva tests carried out at home are better at identifying men who are at higher
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Former police officer fears missing out on full pension

7 hours ago Claire Ellison,BBC News Society team BBC Sam Hodkinson needs a pension payment
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Thousands to trial personalised cancer vaccines

10 hours ago Fergus Walsh,Medical editor BBC Elliot Pfebve is taking part in the trial
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NHS computer problems put patients at risk of harm

Getty Images Electronic patient record systems are used by staff in most hospitals IT system
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Junior doctors call five-day strike just before election

The prime minister has suggested the BMA’s announcement could be “politically motivated”. Speaking at a
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Labour promises to hit 18-week NHS waiting target within five

A target to start treatment within 18 weeks for most NHS patients in England will
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‘Blood compensation comes too late for my husband’

Heather Evans Perry Evans, one of the first victims to give evidence to the Infected
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General election will not delay infected blood compensation

Parliament will aim to pass an important bill ahead of the general election to ensure
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Melanoma skin cancer at all-time high in UK

A cancer charity is warning people to do more to protect themselves from the sun
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Mother encouraged as hospitals sign up to scheme

Merope Mills An initiative allowing rapidly deteriorating patients and their families to seek a second
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