
BBC News - Health
Updated: 1 week 3 days ago
Wed, 03/11/2026 - 07:11
Bank cashier Aleisha Rochester died two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess.
Tue, 03/10/2026 - 17:51
Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead the maternity services inquiry at Leeds hospitals.
Tue, 03/10/2026 - 17:24
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Tue, 03/10/2026 - 11:00
James visits Hackney, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country.
Tue, 03/10/2026 - 07:52
Ben Cole Edwards, 30, built a career as a trauma coach after posting about being estranged from his mum.
Tue, 03/10/2026 - 01:00
Susan McLarnon travelled to Downing Street later to call for "urgent action" to be taken on redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh implants.
Mon, 03/09/2026 - 01:39
The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so.
Fri, 03/06/2026 - 18:06
A health campaigner says women's relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives.
Fri, 03/06/2026 - 18:06
A health campaigner says women's relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives.
Fri, 03/06/2026 - 16:00
England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.
Fri, 03/06/2026 - 12:12
Ami Clarke shares her experience of living with endometriosis.
Fri, 03/06/2026 - 07:12
Health Connections is to renovate six floors of its new base as spaces for people to come together.
Fri, 03/06/2026 - 05:52
Bereaved families have the final say as the Covid inquiry completes three years of public hearings.
Thu, 03/05/2026 - 18:04
Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.
Thu, 03/05/2026 - 09:12
Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.
Wed, 03/04/2026 - 23:06
Families say the groundbreaking medicine is transforming the lives of children with Dravet syndrome.
Wed, 03/04/2026 - 08:05
It is time to move beyond the “baby brain” cliche, say scientists who scanned dozens of women’s brains.
Tue, 03/03/2026 - 11:00
James investigates penis fillers, where hyaluronic acid is injected to increase girth.
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 07:27
Known as "corridor care", patients are lining up on trolleys or sitting on chairs due to a lack of beds.