Lucy Letby: Inquiry given powers to compel witnesses to give evidence

The inquiry is being upgraded to statutory by the health secretary after criticism from her victims’…

Lucy Letby: NHS England 'persuaded' trust boss to take new job

The trust’s ex-chief executive said he was asked to run a hospital trust despite Letby’s murder…

Close to 1m NHS appointments lost to strikes

NHS bosses lament huge toll walkouts are having in England, warning true figure could be even…

Alcohol deaths rise to highest level in 14 years

The latest figures for Scotland show 1,276 people died from conditions caused by alcohol in 2022.…

Free blood-pressure checks in barber shops

Chief pharmaceutical officer for England David Webb said: “The enormous expansion in the number of blood-pressure…

Should we worry about recent spike in Covid cases?

In a wide ranging interview about his life after retiring as director of the National Institute…

Call for more equal access to public defibrillators

People in the poorest parts of England and Scotland live further away from a life-saving device.…

Live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world first

“The invasion of the brain by Ophidascaris larvae had not been reported previously,” writes Dr Hossain.…

Cirrhosis of the liver: Megan McGillin diagnosed at the age of 10

Medical student Megan McGillin was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver 11 years ago. Source link

'I wrote a play about my mental health struggles'

Siyani Sheth, 17, says mental health can be a taboo topic for the South Asian community.…