Michael Fitzpatrick BBC News NI BBC Willie Hutchinson and Martin Garrity are Northern Ireland Ambulance Service volunteers Kindness, compassion and a free car ride goes a long way when you’re undergoing hospital treatment for health issues, such as terminal cancer or kidney dialysis. Often patients rely on the goodwill of strangers, many of whom become […]

Nikki Fox BBC health correspondent, East of England STEVE HUBBARD/BBC Live video streaming will be offered to callers across six counties in the East of England People calling 999 in the East of England to report a cardiac arrest will be the first in the UK to be offered live video support from advanced paramedics.

Getty Images The researchers hope their findings could shape future public health guidelines Walking 7,000 steps a day can be enough to boost your brainpower and help protect against a range of different diseases, a major study suggests. It may be a more realistic target than 10,000 steps, which is often seen as the benchmark

Getty Images The pop star has joined with Endometriosis UK to share her story and help raise awareness Pop star Ella Henderson has revealed she has endometriosis and has partnered with a charity to raise awareness of the condition. In a video message on her Instagram account, the multi-platinum selling artist said the last few

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has written to the British Medical Association offering further talks on better working conditions – but only if they call off this week’s strike. Streeting says negotiations which began on Thursday have been constructive – but with resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, due to walk-out for five days on

BBC Dr Emily Jones returned to work after learning that she may have a cancerous lump in her abdomen A GP has said she kept on working through a cancer scare because otherwise her patients would not have been seen due to staffing issues made worse by funding. Dr Emily Jones is not alone feeling

Chris Craddock BBC Jersey communities reporter BBC Sports groups like Skateboard Jersey were at ‘Every Girl Moves’ Girls have been encouraged to get involved in different sports at an event where they could have a go at a range of them. The ‘Every Girl Moves’ event was held at Les Quennevais School on Monday with

The government has said it is making “substantial changes” to the compensation scheme for thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal. The announcement was made in Parliament two weeks after a heavily critical report into the payment scheme by the chair of the public inquiry into the disaster. Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said

A row has broken out between NHS England bosses and the British Medical Association over the level of cover that will be made available during a five-day strike by doctors. NHS England has ordered hospitals to only cancel non-urgent care, such as hip and knee operations, in exceptional circumstances. But the BMA has warned this

Joe Skirkowski BBC News, Gloucestershire PA Forest Green Rovers owner Dale Vince and Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher are behind the pilot scheme Football tickets will be made available on prescription to help treat symptoms of depression, under a pilot scheme. Labour MP for Stroud, Dr Simon Opher, and Ecotricity founder and owner of Forest