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Cautious backing for rise in physician associates

The doctors’ union is concerned about patient safety because of a new law regulating those roles.

Consultants and specialist doctors vote to strike

Doctors will walk out in April over "extreme pressures" and "unsafe staffing levels".

Man hails ‘quality of life’ drug available on NHS

Ross Cunliffe says "the right thing has been done" in making daratumumab available on the NHS.

‘I was left lying in my own urine’

A 73-year-old man says he was denied pain relief and was left lying in a bed soaked with urine.

‘I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’

People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.

‘I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’

People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.

‘I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’

People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.

Can green ‘super powders’ really make you healthy?

Products containing probiotics, vitamins and antioxidants are being sold as healthy essentials.

Kidney donor mum and son take on world on skis

Just living a normal life was the biggest hope, now Alex will take on the world on the slopes.

Thousands more appointments hit by doctor strike

The NHS England said 91,000 appointments and procedures were cancelled due to the walkout this week.