The nursing watchdog “should’ve acted faster” when responding to concerns about baby killer Lucy Letby, its new boss has said. Paul Rees, appointed head of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in July, told The Independent that neonatal nurse Letby should have been suspended after she was first arrested in July 2018. Letby remained free […]

Kate Dyson Kate Dyson started the campaign group Surge Menopause after her experiences with surgical menopause A woman from East Sussex who was plunged into sudden menopause after surgery to remove both ovaries is spearheading efforts to change NHS policy in this area. Kate Dyson, 44, from Hastings, underwent the surgery six months ago after

Available for over a year Emily Berry leads us on an exploration of agoraphobia: a poetic journey through the lives of people who don’t like going on journeys. Agoraphobia is elusive and elastic – and it’s very probably not what you think it is. Poet Emily Berry was diagnosed with agoraphobia over ten years ago,

Jenny ReesWales health correspondent Lizzie Day says it is easy to fall for the buzz around the latest treatment being talked about on TikTok or Instagram For Lizzie Day, having Botox was as much a part of her routine as getting her morning coffee. It was only when a doctor friend raised concerns about a

Rawlstock/Getty Images Dr Mark Watson’s actions consisted of sexual harassment, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said A doctor accused of pouring beer down a younger colleague’s cleavage before licking it off and touching her breasts has been suspended for a year. Dr Mark Johnson, who was working at West Suffolk Hospital at the time of

Lyndsey TelfordBBC News NI BBC Nicola Hutton contacted Billy Cullen, who was in need of a kidney transplant, following an appeal for a donor A Belfast woman who “strung along” a seriously ill man with lies that she would donate her kidney to him has been branded “callous” and “not human”. On Thursday, Nicola Hutton,

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images The UK is facing a long, drawn-out flu season, the boss of the NHS in England is warning. Sir Jim Mackey said there is “no doubt” this winter will be one of the toughest the health service has faced. It comes as flu rates have started climbing early this year,

Grace Shaw & Phil BodmerYorkshire BBC Freyja died at five days old of injuries sustained during her birth at St James’s Hospital in Leeds The father of a baby girl who died five days after she was born in a Leeds hospital has said he wants an independent inquiry into maternity services to focus on

A council has won a High Court battle to vaccinate a baby against her mother’s wishes. Islington Council faced a legal challenge by one of its residents after it arranged for her eight-month-old daughter to receive routine vaccinations while the child was in its care. The mother, known only as Ms S, had refused the

For the first time in Great Britain, there are more over-16s using vapes or e-cigarettes than smoking cigarettes, according to the Office for National Statistics. Some 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally, compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, an ONS survey for 2024 suggests. Daily use of vapes is most common among 25-49