BBC Allana Falconer has competed in 20 different Hyrox races since taking it up in 2023 Hyrox is a fitness craze that shows no signs of dying out – with 1.3m people expected to compete in an event somewhere in the world this year. The competition, which is split between running and fitness exercises, has […]

Nick Triggle,Health correspondentand Elena Bailey,Health reporter Getty Images Tens of thousands of children in England have spent more than a year waiting for NHS community care such as hearing services, speech and language therapy and disability support, the BBC has found. The analysis shows a quarter of the 300,000 children on waiting lists have been

Available for over a year When she was 14, Krystal Evans survived a lethal house fire. Years later, to come to terms with what she’d experienced, she turned it into a stand-up show. The women in Krystal’s family have always been funny, she says; her mother was no exception. But as well as being hilarious

Jessica Mason Jessica says women-specific health issues are too often dismissed A woman with cervical cancer who waited years to be diagnosed says she has “lost her faith in doctors”. Jessica Mason went back and forth to her GP and hospital with swelling, bleeding and pain in her vagina but says she was “fobbed off”

Iolo Cheung, BBC Wales and Jacob Morris, Newyddion S4CBBC Wales Tessa Marshall Tessa Marshall says without access to abortion, she would probably have a 13-year-old child now A candidate for the Senedd election in May has said she hopes sharing her own experience of having an abortion aged 15 will empower others to “understand the

Maternity services at a trust have again been rated inadequate following unannounced inspections by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The health watchdog carried out inspections in June and July last year at Bedford Hospital and Luton and Dunstable Hospital (L&D). It found that only minimal improvements had been made, with the services remaining in breach

The Health Secretary has admitted the NHS is “falling short” on meeting demand for adult autism and ADHD diagnosis. Speaking to BBC Radio Oxford, he was responding to a question about adult referrals having been paused in Oxfordshire since 2024. But he said it was a national issue that he was “very worried about”. When

Stuart WhincupNorth East and Cumbria Family handouts The families of Christie Harnett, Nadia Sharif and Emily Moore campaigned for a public inquiry into the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Trust Families and former patients who say they were “failed” by a health trust are meeting to discuss what they would like to see covered in

Karl MercerBBC London political editor BBC Roy Mitchell, accompanied by son Cliff, was among the many patients experiencing “corridor care” when the BBC visited Queen’s Hospital Matthew Trainer thinks this is the hardest winter he can remember. He’s the chief executive of Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust – and says the number of

Kate MorganWales community correspondent Dandelion & Rose Photography Chloe, pictured after she began medication for her extreme sickness, could not face another pregnancy A woman who almost terminated her second pregnancy because of severe sickness says sterilisation is now her best option due to difficulties accessing treatment. Chloe, 26, said she couldn’t face another pregnancy