Doctors

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest by junior doctors. Picture: NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images

Junior doctors announce four-day strike action in April

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Junior doctors forming a picket line outside St George’s hospital on Monday (March 13) in London. Photo by Lynn Rusk

Junior doctors strike: 3-day industrial action begins today

Comedian Dawn French

The health scare leading to Dawn French’s 7.5 stone weight loss

Tesco is stocking £8 health-kits to test for cancers and illnesses in a first of a kind deal to help the NHS

Tesco launch at-home medical kits to test for cancer & thyroid issues

Doctors warn that use of Nitrous Oxide could lead to spinal damage

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Footballer dies of flesh-eating virus diagnosed as tonsillitis by NHS

Prue Leith and Danny Kruger

How to watch Prue and Danny’s Death Road Trip

Analysing loyalty card data could help doctors spot ovarian cancer cases earlier.

Loyalty card data could help spot ovarian cancer earlier

A new review concluded that doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents

Junior doctors begin voting on industrial action

NHS staff at UK hospital told to repay Christmas bonuses paid in error

Julia Bradbury has announced she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is set to undergo surgery to remove her left breast (Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Julia Bradbury announces breast cancer diagnosis - symptoms of the disease and h...

94% of local authorities in England expect to see an increase in newly unemploye...

Storage limits for eggs, sperm and embryos are to be increased to a maximum of 55 years under new plans from the Government (Photo: Shutterstock)

Storage limits for frozen eggs, sperm and embryos to be increased to 55 years un...

A team photo from the last event in 2019.

Doctors and GPs to go head to head for charity

Christian Eriksen releases first public message since suffering a cardiac arrest...

Boris Johnson during a visit to Falmouth's Maritime Museum to thank them for hosting the media centre for the G7 Summit (Photo: Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

Everything you need to know as Boris Johnson set to delay lifting of Covid lockd...

The new Critical Care Car on Mablethorpe beach.

New air ambulance response car attends 14 emergencies along Lincolnshire coast i...

Experts have stressed the chances of suffering a stroke after vaccination are small (Photo: Getty Images)

Doctors warned to look for signs of stroke after AstraZeneca vaccine

According to new guidance, patients should be encouraged to go online when they phone the surgery (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Doctors told to 'discourage face-to-face appointments' and screen patients onlin...

The LNAA helicopter parked outside its new headquarters

Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance starts flying missions from its new...

The air ambulance is now at ts new headquarters EMN-211105-152937001

Lincolnshire air ambulance Crew flies out of new charity headquarters for first ...

Over-70s could be banned from nighttime driving under possible new DVLA plans (Photo: Shutterstock)

Over-70s could be banned from nighttime driving under possible new DVLA plans

Around half of people diagnosed with MS have a progressive form which causes an accumulation of nerve damage (Photo: Shutterstock)

MS treatment trial could find existing drugs can prevent or even reverse symptom...

Doctors have suggested Covid could cause diabetes - here’s the symptoms to look ...

Ethnic minority communities are being put at higher risk of falling ill and dying from Covid-19 due to the UK’s vaccine distribution strategy being “colour-blind”, doctors have warned (Photo: Shutterstock)

Ethnic minorities left at 'significantly higher risk' of Covid due to ‘colour-bl...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19). Photo: PA

Boris Johnson orders second national coronavirus lockdown

Health experts are urging those who are eligible to get the flu vaccine to do so (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how effective the flu vaccine is - and the myth that it can give you the ...

Vulnerable groups have been warned that falling ill with common conditions such as flu could put them at greater risk of coronavirus.
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Here’s how GPs are adapting to make patients feel safe when receiving their flu ...

Like blood donations, stocks of convalescent plasma are currently in very limited supply. (Shutterstock)

Blood plasma transplants are being used to treat coronavirus patients in the US ...

A man in Chicago suffering with persistent hiccups went on to test positive for Covid-19. (Shutterstock)

A man with persistent hiccups was found to also have coronavirus - but are the t...

Painkillers, including paracetamol, ibuprofen and aspirin, are commonly taken by people experiencing pain (Photo: Shutterstock)

Doctors warned that painkillers should not be given to people with chronic pain ...