Parents are being warned to stop using Nutrition Ignition Kids Magnesium Glycinate Gummies, due to them containing undeclared drug called melatonin that could cause issues for children. Melatonin is a prescription-only medicine, which can cause drowsiness, headaches, dizziness and nausea. Testing of two batches by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) found […]

A baby who lived in a mouldy housing association flat in north London died of unrelated causes, a coroner has found. Akram Mohammed died in February aged 15 weeks, which his parents believed was due to damp conditions in their Camden home. Earlier this year, the boy’s death sparked angry protests aimed at housing association

Marie-Louise Connolly Health correspondent, BBC News NI BBC Hannah Farrell was a nurse at the Children’s Cancer Unit until she resigned in 2019 A whistleblower who resigned from the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children over staff shortages has said the system left her broken, disillusioned and burnt out. Hannah Farrell, who left the Children’s

Leigh Boobyer & Jeremy Stern BBC News, Wiltshire BBC Faye Woodley says she has “no confidence” in planned NHS dentistry reforms A woman who says her teeth were destroyed by cancer treatment says dental care in the UK “feels like we’re going back to Victorian times”. Faye Woodley, who is unable to work because of

@bindisueirwin / Instagram Bindi Irwin says she’s on the mend after 13 years of endometriosis pain Australian conservationist and TV personality Bindi Irwin has said she is “genuinely healing” after suffering years of pain from endometriosis and called for greater understanding of the condition. Irwin, who first revealed her decade-long struggle with the disease in

People paying privately for weight loss drug Mounjaro in the UK face a rise in the cost of the treatment after manufacturer Eli Lilly said it was increasing the list price of the drug by as much as 170%. It means the suggested price for a month’s supply of the highest dose of the drug

The NHS waiting list in England has seen a small rise in the past month, with experts warning hospitals are not treating enough patients to keep up with demand. At the end of June, the list stood at 7.37 million, a rise of 10,000 on May. While it is still down on last year’s figure

The former diplomat Baroness Valerie Amos has been chosen to lead a rapid review of maternity care in England. In a letter to families who have been failed by poor maternity care, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said she “brings a wealth of experience through her senior leadership roles in national and international organisations”. The other

Kris Holland BBC News, East of England Getty Images Women across the East of England are now able to self-refer to their local maternity services Thousands of expectant mothers in the East of England have taken up a new NHS service and more are being encouraged to take part. Women across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire

There has been a significant increase in the number of UK cases of a mosquito-borne virus that can cause sudden fever and joint pain and is normally only found in Africa and southern Asia. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says more than 70 cases of the chikungunya virus were reported in the first six