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Exact date Covid Omicron specific vaccine jab will be rolled out by NHS

The NHS will contact people when it is their turn to book in for the vaccine - you do not need to contact the NHS.

about 1 hour ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Warning issued to anybody whose friends or family smoke over little-known risk

A surprising cancer risk many won't have heard of is now being shared widely by health experts.

about 3 hours ago

mirror.co.uk

Rosaleen Fenton

Mum who thought she had the flu diagnosed with disease nicknamed 'silent killer’

Dee Moore, 45, from Birmingham, had been experiencing flu-like symptoms for weeks, but she had no idea such a serious...

about 9 hours ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Long Covid is impacting men’s sex lives, warns GP

Long Covid has a much more extensive list of symptoms than originally thought, new research has revealed

about 17 hours ago

walesonline.co.uk

A desperately-ill toddler was driven 150 miles to Cardiff from England for treatment

Jacob Chanter's family said the team in Cardiff were brilliant

about 18 hours ago

walesonline.co.uk

Mum told 'go to A&E in England' due to three-year wait for surgery in Wales

Sarah Clement, 34, said her eight-year-old daughter has stopped asking to play with her as she knows she's is in too ...

about 20 hours ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Covid-19 rates falling in Greater Manchester - but the vaccine warning is ramping up

Adults over 50 and clinically vulnerable people will be offered the first Covid-19 jab to target two strains of the v...

about 23 hours ago

walesonline.co.uk

Victims of 'worst treatment disaster in NHS history' to receive £100,000 each in compensation

The infected blood disaster led to the deaths of an estimated 2,400 people

1 day ago

lep.co.uk

Paul Faulkner

'Get on with it!': Hurry-up call for NHS bosses to deliver a new Royal Preston Hospital

Councillors in South Ribble have urged NHS bosses to get on with building a new Royal Preston Hospital.

1 day ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Jane Haynes

Hundreds of lives 'on hold' in Birmingham over high-risk cancer delays as MP demands answers

Awful cancer delays and long waits in A&E trigger demand for urgent answers from city MP

1 day ago

walesonline.co.uk

'I've been forced into poverty and had to use foodbanks because I'm waiting for NHS treatment'

Lily Jones, 23, has spent nearly a year with serious pains in her abdomen, yet she's still awaiting an appointment fo...

1 day ago

mirror.co.uk

Ryan Merrifield

Young mum, 24, left heartbroken and ends her life after child was taken into care

Lousina Negus, 24, died at her home in Cullompton, Devon, with her loved ones describing how she'd never gotten over ...

2 days ago

inews.co.uk

Hugo Gye

GPs complain of Omicron booster rollout done 'on the cheap' as NHS lays out autumn plans

The Covid-19 booster programme, with a new Moderna jab targeting the Omicron variant, will start within weeks and is ...

2 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Why you should be ordering your repeat prescriptions now as bank holiday deadline revealed

Last bank holiday – the NHS 111 phone service saw more than a 400 per cent increase in people contacting it about rep...

2 days ago

edinburghlive.co.uk

Sian Traynor

Edinburgh woman in ICU for months treated to dream Van Gogh day out by nurses

A long-term patient in the ICU following a tracheostomy in March, Claire Vaughan had told staff she was desperate to ...

2 days ago

plymouthherald.co.uk

William Telford

Superdrug recruits for new Drake Circus store as Plymouth unemployment plummets

Cosmetics retailer is among leading firms looking for workers in city as number out of work falls by 3,000 in past year

2 days ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Monkeypox may be spreading asymptomatically, doctors warn

Some people have the bug without any telling signs or symptoms.

2 days ago

walesonline.co.uk

Dad suffers 'catastrophic' injuries after falling off a trampoline

Rob Harcourt, 37, is paralysed from the chest down and may never walk again

2 days ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Syrian refugees' daughter, 6, at centre of Birmingham life-support battle

Specialists have told a judge that the little girl is suffering from a rare and incurable neurological condition.

2 days ago

belfastlive.co.uk

Shaun Keenan

Western Trust eases Covid-19 restrictions for Altnagelvin, South West Acute and Omagh Hospital

The next review will take place next month

2 days ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Popular snack can add five years to your life and slash dementia risk

Grapes contain antioxidants that reduce inflammation which can help to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer, f...

2 days ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Monkeypox vaccines running out and won't be available until September

The UK is waiting to receive around 100,000 doses.

2 days ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Man, 35, dies in hospital as police launch investigation

Martin Weldon, aged 35, died at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

3 days ago

inews.co.uk

Hugo Gye

Green light for tweaked Covid jab offers hope for limiting winter infections

There will have been sighs of relief from the NHS and Department of Health on Monday when the Medicines and Healthcar...

3 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Fionnula Hainey

When will autumn Covid boosters be available in the UK? Latest update as new vaccine approved

An autumn booster programme will get underway later this year - here's everything we know about when the jabs will be...

3 days ago

mirror.co.uk

Kelly-Ann Mills

Fury as NHS trust 'treats' hardworking and devoted midwives and nurses to a free TEABAG

They were handed a gift bag with a certificate and a single branded tea bag as a "thank you" to staff on Internationa...

3 days ago

portsmouth.co.uk

Emily Jessica Turner

Graduation celebration for first cohort of NHS trust internship for youngsters

NHS TRUST trainees are celebrating after graduating from a new internship scheme at QA Hospital.

3 days ago

bristolpost.co.uk

Adam Postans

Bristol hospital boss says strike action is a 'real risk' as Unite ballots NHS staff

Unions are balloting NHS members

3 days ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Doctor shares key signs which tell if somebody is about to die

They reckon you can tell if the person is days or months away from death.

3 days ago

inews.co.uk

Paul Gallagher

NHS faces huge challenges but it is wrong to consider changing to a social insurance model

Tinkering with NHS structures is 'a recipe for wasting time and money' and ministers should focus on the real problem...

3 days ago

birminghammail.co.uk

Zoe Chamberlain

The 16 hospitals in Birmingham and the Black Country told to improve by the Care Quality Commission

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated 15 NHS and private hospitals as 'requiring improvement' and one as 'inade...

4 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Person 'collapses' in queue for monkeypox jab as hundreds wait 'hours in direct sun'

'No water handed out, no opportunity for shade'

4 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Where to get monkeypox vaccinations today amid warnings Manchester will run out 'imminently'

'It will be first come first served until stocks run out' - but those hoping to get a jab have to meet certain criteria

4 days ago

walesonline.co.uk

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney donate £10,000 each to girl with inoperable brain tumour

Aria Hodgkiss' family need to spend thousands each month on a private cancer treatment

4 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Mum quits NHS for pension to pay soaring bills - before dying of Covid, leaving orphaned kids pen...

A hospital cleaner quit her NHS pension in May to cover soaring energy bills... but after she died of Covid, her orph...

4 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A&E waiting times hit all-time high in Greater Manchester in July

The colossal demand is creating an 'unsafe environment for patients with doctors and their colleagues facing impossib...

4 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

The timebomb which costs people their homes - and the Tory leadership campaigners ignore

'No action and the social care crisis will spiral and deepen'

5 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

'Cancer goes undetected because it's linked to going to the loo at night'

“We need to emphasise that prostate cancer can be a silent or asymptomatic disease, particularly in its curable stage...

5 days ago

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Brave dad refused to leave A&E without blood test - results show he has terminal cancer

“They basically told me there was nothing wrong with me. I wasn’t going to sit there for hours to be told nothing was...

5 days ago

birminghamworld.uk

Joe Forte

Monkeypox: the latest NHS data for Birmingham, Solihull & Sandwell

Here are the latest monkeypox figures across the UK