Health

Surgeon operated with penknife he uses to cut up lunch

BBC / Mark Norman Police are looking into at least 105 cases of alleged medical
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Sharp rise in vaping among young adults who never regularly

Getty Images Many people who take up vaping have never been regular smokers The number
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First newborns join screening for more than 200 rare diseases

BBC Dominika’s one-day-old daughter Emilia is part of the screening programme The entire genetic code
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The places with the worst GP shortages in England revealed

Getty Images Shortages of doctors mean the average GP in England has to care for
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Steep fall in young smokers in past decade

Getty Images Fewer than one out of every 10 young adults in the UK smoke
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Ambulance crews ‘faced crucial delays’ putting on PPE in Covid

Mark Tilley Mark Tilley worked as an ambulance technician in south-east England through the first
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Gateshead family in urgent race to get girl cancer drug

BBC Annabel Ashmore was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer at the age of four The
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Call for independent review into physician associates

There needs to be an independent review of physician and anaesthesia associates (PAs and AAs)
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Six things to fix the NHS

Getty Images/BBC The government in England is planning the biggest reimagining of the NHS in
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Covid inquiry rejects clinicians’ request for anonymity

Getty Images The provision of PPE for healthcare workers is being explored in this part
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