Alice Cunninghamin Brandeston Richard Knights/BBC Chantal Chaervey has struggled for years to get her son with cerebral palsy access to healthcare services since he turned 18 When Chantal Chaervey’s son with cerebral palsy lost access to healthcare services at 18, she did not imagine she would be fighting four years on to change this. As […]

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent and Jim ReedHealth reporter Getty Images Covid vaccination Pharmacists in England say they are facing “major issues” with large numbers of patients booking appointments for Covid jabs only to find they are no longer eligible. The criteria has been tightened this year so that only those aged 75 and older are being

Newly qualified doctors in their first year of practice in England have voted in favour of strike action in a row over a shortage of jobs. The British Medical Association (BMA) union says thousands of resident doctors are ending up without training places when they move from year two to three. This year there were

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning. Children are, on average, nine times more likely than adults to vape, it says, based on available global figures. The WHO’s Dr

Available for over a year Drug-related deaths are at their highest levels in England and Wales since records began 30 years ago. Scotland has had the highest number of drug deaths in Europe for at least seven years. And the UK has even seen opioid-related deaths surpass the number of people dying in road traffic

Available for over a year More and more parents are using melatonin to help their children sleep – but there is little research on the long-term effects. So, what do we know about the risks and is it ok to give it to children as an aid to help sleep? James chats to Paul Gringras,

Available for over a year Dementia is now the UK’s leading cause of death – but could a vaccine one day help prevent it? New data from Wales suggests the shingles vaccine is linked to a 20% lower risk of developing dementia in later life, adding to evidence that viral infections can influence brain health.

Available for over a year In 1964, the future for children born with Cystic Fibrosis was grim – most faced a life cut tragically short. Today, the majority of people living with CF in the UK are adults, a testament to extraordinary medical progress. We meet Annabelle who lives with Cystic Fibrosis, and once believed

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 has been awarded for discoveries that explain how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body’s own cells. The prize is shared by Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi and US researchers Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell. They discovered “security guards” that eliminate parts of the immune system

Charlotte WrightPolitical Editor, South East PA Media Green Party leader Zack Polanski spoke to Charlotte Wright ahead of the party’s annual conference in Bournemouth The leader of the Green Party says he wants to legalise all drugs, calling for an approach “led by public health experts, not politicians”. Speaking to BBC South East ahead of