Entries by BBC News

Birth trauma inquiry urges maternity care overhaul

Recommendations include appointing a new maternity commissioner, who would report to the PM.

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Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies

The US hospital which carried out the operation said Rick Slayman’s death was not a result of the transplant.

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Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use

Patients say the device allows them to reduce the number of hospital visits involved in cancer care.

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Vaccine expert ‘very worried’ by whooping cough deaths

Five babies have died from the infection amid a rise in cases in the UK.

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Mum ignored test and got cancer says BBC presenter

BBC Wales’ Lucy Owen on her mum’s regrets at taking no notice of bowel cancer test offers.

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Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began

Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.

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Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began

Lawyers tell the BBC people infected after September 1991 should be allowed to claim compensation.

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‘World first’ for double hand transplant patient

Tanya Shepherd has received pioneering blood treatment to prevent her body rejecting her new hands.

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Whooping cough cases up again as five babies die

There were 1,300 cases of the bacterial infection in March, after just over 900 in February in England.

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Hundreds of infected blood victims living with undetected Hep C

About 1,750 people are unaware they got the virus from blood transfusions in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

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