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Children harmed by decision to redeploy health visitors, Covid inquiry hears

A decision by the NHS to redeploy health visitors during the pandemic was "fundamentally flawed" and "children were harmed" as a result, the head...

Almost £22m spent on restricted procedures such as tummy tucks

Northern Ireland's health trusts spent almost £22m in a single year on restricted procedures which should only be carried out in very specific circumstances,...

School Council Network focusing on digital safety

Ministers and school representatives are set to meet later for the first School Council Network in Jersey of the new term. The meetings, which take...

‘Why won’t anyone give my son access to healthcare?’

When Chantal Chaervey's son with cerebral palsy lost access to healthcare services at 18, she did not imagine she would be fighting four years...

Deaf people criticise hospital interpreter delays

A deaf man who spent 24 hours in hospital without the support of an interpreter said staff were shouting out his name despite being...

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion

Pharmacists in England say they are facing "major issues" with large numbers of patients booking appointments for Covid jabs only to find they are...

First-year resident doctors back strike action over jobs shortage

Newly qualified doctors in their first year of practice in England have voted in favour of strike action in a row over a shortage...

Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO

More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, the World Health Organization...

Nobel Prize for how immune system stops destructive rampage

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 has been awarded for discoveries that explain how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not...

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