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- Cancer patients 'deteriorating' due to staff shortages, radiologists warn BBC News ·
North and west Wales have a 42% shortfall in consultant radiologists, compared to 22% in south Wales.
- New charity uses outdoors to improve mental health BBC News ·
A new charity hopes to use outdoor activities to improve men's mental health on the Isle of Man.
- Hospital admits full responsibility for 24 failures that led to toddler's death BBC News ·
Eleanor Aldred-Owen died after surgery because an abnormal scan was not flagged.
- Closing urgent care centres would have 'dire consequences', objectors say BBC News ·
Plan to close three urgent care centres sparks worry about pressure on GPs and emergency departments.
- 'I was heading for a breakdown, then books saved my life' BBC News ·
Birmingham author Kit de Waal says a chance conversation changed her life after she left home at 16.
- Why you should eat kiwi and pineapple skins BBC News ·
Eating fruit and vegetable scraps such as peels and stalks could provide a health boost that most of us are missing, say UK researchers, external.
- I gave birth in ambulance on A96 amid staff shortages at local hospital BBC News ·
Hannah Smith was travelling to Aberdeen Maternity Hospital as she could not go to Dr Gray's in Elgin.
- 'My low Vitamin D levels hit me like a truck' BBC News ·
Saskia Reeves-Priestley didn't know she had a Vitamin D deficiency until she suddenly collapsed at work.
- How major policy shift is changing police response to mental health call-outs BBC News ·
999 calls will be triaged and if there is any risk of harm or to life, or if a crime is involved, the police will still attend.
- Biggest fibre boost could be scraps in your bin, experts say BBC News ·
Chomping on vegtable skins, seeds and stalks could give us vital fibre, say food scientists.
- I didn't know I was lacking in vitamin D until I collapsed at work BBC News ·
Doctors are finding vitamin D deficiency is increasingly widespread in the UK, especially in young people. But the symptoms are difficult to spot and can be missed.
- Heart attack patient, 83, had to drive four hours for hospital appointment BBC News ·
Charles Swift faced a 140-mile round trip to get to a hospital, but had to drive himself.
- New law changes make vape vending machines illegal BBC News ·
New vaping rules are now in force in the UK, but what does this mean.
- Hundreds of GP practices lose online services after collapse of tech firm BBC News ·
It will cause huge disruption in some parts of England and Wales, say GP leaders.
- Concern over cut to young people's mental health crisis scheme BBC News ·
The Card Before You Leave scheme ensures young people experiencing a mental health crisis who present at a hospital's emergency department are given a written appointment with specialists before leaving.
- New rules for vaping and nicotine products... do you know them? BBC News ·
New rules for vaping and nicotine products... do you know them?
- Vulnerable at risk as 'life-saving' drug needle site closes BBC News ·
Belfast charity workers warn people who use the "life-saving" service will be left without support.
- Mum says autistic son, 18, left abandoned and falling through cracks in system BBC News ·
A County Londonderry mother says her son, who has autism and has turned 18, "is falling through cracks in the system".
- Mum of critically ill baby denied hospital food as she wasn't breastfeeding BBC News ·
Sophie Price had given birth in the same hospital five days earlier but was denied a hot meal.
- NHS Western Isles prescribing weight loss drugs at triple the rate of other health boards BBC News ·
A new report finds "significant variation" between Scotland's health boards prescribing new medicines.
- Terminally ill mum who can't talk, walk or dress herself refused Pip payment BBC News ·
Rachael Field, from Rhondda Cynon Taf, had her tongue and voicebox removed and windpipe reconstructed.
- Patient living in 'horrific pain' due to UK-wide drugs shortage BBC News ·
Jill Kenning says she has been unable to get a drug she uses to manage her condition.
- Is all processed food bad for you? BBC News ·
Going to the supermarket has become a minefield.
- Woman's Hour BBC News ·
What influence can a first lady have on world affairs?
- Inside Health BBC News ·
And the barriers queer couples can face in accessing fertility treatment.
- Woman says 40-mile journey to hospital while having contractions was 'scary' BBC News ·
The Southern Health Trust plans to temporarily transfer inpatient maternity services from Daisy Hill to Craigavon.
- More than third of deaths of ex-prisoners on probation drug related, says report BBC News ·
Politicians are being urged to tackle "systematic failures" in the criminal justice system.
- Exercise helps woman recover from partying life BBC News ·
Megan Hamon says her life has turned around after struggling with excessive drinking and partying.
- 'We're very busy' - Inside Wales' newest hospital BBC News ·
BBC Wales correspondent Owain Clarke visited the Grange Hospital following concerns about its safety.
- Can you tell ferritin levels from your face? BBC News ·
Some creators are claiming they can spot "ferritin face". Doctors aren't so sure.
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