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Menopause screening to be included in NHS health checks from next year

Menopause screening is to be officially incorporated into NHS health checks in England for the first time. Women getting the checks - offered to adults...

I thought my insides were falling out – what I didn’t expect after childbirth

When Helen Ledwick typed "why do my insides feel like they're falling out" into Google a decade ago, she had no idea that search...

Call for allergy pens in schools after boy’s death

A mother is urging the government to "act immediately" to roll out spare allergy pens in schools after her five-year-old son died from a...

Mother of Baby P begins latest bid for release

A parole hearing to decide whether to re-release the mother of Baby P, who was jailed over his death following months of abuse, has...

NHS trusts dropped from maternity failings review

Two NHS trusts have been removed from a review of maternity failings across England. Trusts in Shropshire and Leeds have been dropped from the government's...

Effects of antidepressants on physical health ranked for first time

Side effects of different antidepressants have been ranked for the first time, revealing huge differences between drugs. Academics looked at the impact medications had on...

Staff skipped checks and said a vulnerable young woman was safe. Days later, she was dead

Warning: The following article contains details about suicide which some may find distressing Cerys Lupton-Jones pauses between two doorways. One door leads into a side room...

Boris Johnson left Inquiry in a hurry – he’ll be pleased not to come back

Papers in hand, Boris Johnson arrived at the Covid Inquiry before the sun came up. He was there to answer questions on decisions he made...

Eight countries added to methanol poisoning warning list

Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office list warning of the risks of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or tainted alcoholic drinks. Ecuador,...

Children paid ‘huge price’ in Covid pandemic, Johnson tells inquiry

Children paid a "huge price" to protect others during the Covid pandemic, Boris Johnson has told the inquiry looking at the impact on young...

Reaching 100: ‘I never thought I’d make it to this age’

"I never thought I'd make it to this age," says 100-year-old May O'Shea. "I thought I would have died by now." May's milestone is still...

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