‘Screening may have picked up my lung cancer earlier’

Joan McConville is calling for a national screening programme in Northern Ireland, like there is in England and Wales.

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NHS boss received nearly £400,000 ‘redundancy’ pay-off when she retired

The payment comes ahead of a planned major overhaul of Scotland’s NHS which could see the number of health boards cut dramatically.

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I almost died after a toothache led to sepsis and a rare heart condition

Doctors told Danny Ellis it was a “miracle” he was alive after his first heart surgery failed.

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Paramedic injured while assisting patient

The ambulance service said the “attack lasted a number of minutes”

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Senior doctors at Glasgow hospital in care delay warning

Consultants at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital say conditions for emergency patients there are deteriorating.

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Psychiatric intensive care unit for women to open

The unit will care for women with serious mental health needs in Kent and Medway.

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‘My brother died, so I smashed up his TV’

From bereavement to stillbirth, more women are finding release in rage rooms from Bath to Swindon.

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Cancer survivor’s battle for fertility funding

A woman who survived stage four blood cancer says she no longer has access to fertility treatment.

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‘Painful condition meant I had to leave my job’

A charity says women should not have to choose between work and health because of endometriosis.

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What’s your love language – and does it actually mean anything?

The theory of ‘Love Languages’ has no scientific origin but it’s often still mentioned in modern dating.

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