Health

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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Mum nearly dies after taking bogus weight loss jab

Michelle Sword told the BBC she was “heartbroken” that she had “done something so stupid”
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Other hospitals warned over children’s surgeon Yaser Jabbar

Hospitals need to review any child treated by bone surgeon Yaser Jabbar, a solicitor representing
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BMA takes ‘neutral position’ on gender review

Getty Images The doctors’ union, the BMA, says it will take “a neutral position” on
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