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It’s no mean feat.

The National Audit Office has disclosed significant price variations among UK hospitals for identical medical equipment.

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‘I started planning my funeral.’

PrEP: Preventative HIV drug highly effective, study says A new study reveals that a drug which stops HIV from infecting the body has also proved…

‘I wish I’d spent more time with my children.’

Around 15,000 babies are hospitalised with the disease every year.

The disease currently affects thousands of women a year.

‘The rash was spreading like wildfire – every time I looked at my body, it just kept going.’

NHS struggling to open extra winter beds and fill staffing gaps A lack of funds means hospitals will need to scale back on opening extra…

I cannot tell you how devastated – and angry – we are.

Anastrozole: Thousands to be offered drug to prevent breast cancer in England A new drug – Anastrozole – has been licensed as a preventative option…

NHS pay: Health staff to begin legal fight over Covid bonus NHS staff are beginning their legal fight after some health workers were excluded from…

Girl receives UK’s first rejection-free kidney from mum An eight-year-old girl has become the first UK child to receive a special type of kidney transplant…

England’s junior doctors join consultants in joint NHS strikes England’s junior doctors are joining consultants for their first joint strikes in the history of the…

Government outlines plan to crack down on NHS staff strikes The Independent says Rishi Sunak’s government has revealed its plan to crack down on NHS…

Steve Barclay criticises ‘increasing militancy’ of NHS strikes as consultants walk out Sky News says Health Secretary Steve Barclay has criticised the “increasing militancy” and…

Covid boosters: Over-65s called for jabs as hospital cases rise The over-65s in England are being urged to get their COVID-19 vaccine booster as hospital…

Eleven instances of rape were reported by surgeons who took part in the study

The former Big Brother star wants to do whatever he can.

Covid vaccines at care homes as BA.2.86 variant spreading The NHS will start handing out Covid booster shots and flu jabs to older people living…

It affects around 4.5 million people in the UK.

The treatment could change millions of lives.

‘I have trouble sometimes remembering something that I did or said thirty minutes ago.’