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The healing power of music

Niall Breslin explains how his connection to music has always been a source of therapy for him.

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Big baby trial gives pregnant women more choice

Doctors say women should be confident it’s safe to be induced from 38 weeks, if expecting a large baby.

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Teen unable to eat due to rare digestive condition

Finley receives weekly injections into his heart as his digestive system cannot tolerate lipids.

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Teen unable to eat due to rare digestive condition

Finley receives weekly injections into his heart as his digestive system cannot tolerate lipids.

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‘Doctors told my mum poison symptoms were anxiety’

Ellena Baxter says watching her mother’s health deteriorate was devastating.

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‘Doctors told my mum poison symptoms were anxiety’

Ellena Baxter says watching her mother’s health deteriorate was devastating.

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‘The NHS at its worst’, ex-ombudsman tells inquiry

Sir Rob Behrens says it was a “disgrace” how mental health services failed two vulnerable men.

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Swinney vows action on GP appointment ‘lottery’

Scotland’s first minister says the NHS will be at the heart of his government’s plans for the coming year.

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Plan to modernise 1,000 GP practice buildings

The Department of Health and Social Care said it is the biggest public investment in facilities in England in five years.

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Doing nothing on social care ‘untenable’, MPs warn

The report says failure to fix England’s social care system carries an unknown human and financial cost.

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