Singer Florence Welch has revealed she underwent life-saving emergency surgery after experiencing an ectopic pregnancy in August 2023. The Grammy nominee told the Guardian she was unknowingly suffering serious internal bleeding while performing on stage at a festival, telling the paper her pregnancy was “the closest I came to death”. She was diagnosed with a […]

Jenny ReesWales health correspondent BBC Lana Boocock says her symptoms were dismissed by various doctors for years When Lana Boocock gave birth to her first child, the labour lasted for a gruelling 85 hours. Her baby then needed to spend time in neonatal intensive care. Ms Boocock, now a mum-of-two, said difficulties giving birth to

Rob Sissons, East Midlands health correspondent BBC Jordan was one of the first donors to give stem cells at the new centre, which collects cells for NHS transplants from people across the UK The UK’s first stem cell collection centre strictly dedicated to transplants has started welcoming donors. The Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre, based

Family handout Tommy died when he was seven months old The night a baby died with an undiagnosed heart condition in a Kent hospital was “quite chaotic”, a court has been told. Head nurse Ronald Carrido was giving evidence at an inquest into the death of seven month-old Tommy Kneebone on 21 January, 2023, at

The government’s flagship NHS pledge to get back to hitting the 18-week waiting time target in England by the end of the parliament is hanging in the balance, experts say. An analysis by the Health Foundation shows, on current trends, waiting times will still be over 20 weeks by July 2029. The think-tank is warning

Munaza RafiqDisability producer Family handout Wren waited more than a year to receive her NHS manual wheelchair, which she has nearly grown out of More than a thousand disabled children across the UK are waiting for wheelchairs and mobility equipment that could transform their lives, Whizz Kidz say. The charity, which helps wheelchair users up

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent BBC/Fergus Walsh Professors Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi led the UK part of the trial One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases – Huntington’s – has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors. The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of

Catherine SnowdonHealth Producer Getty Images Thousands of pharmacies in England will offer free NHS flu spray doses to toddlers for the first time this year. The vaccination is given via a child’s nose and two and three-year-olds could previously access them at their GP surgery. Around 4,000 pharmacies have signed up to deliver the vaccine

An NHS trust at the centre of concerns over its poor maternity services has had to repay almost £5m after wrongly claiming it provided safe care to mothers and their babies. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was paid the money after saying its services met safe standards of care and staffing. But a subsequent investigation

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