‘Game-changing’ urine tests could detect breast cancer, endometriosis and PCOS

New tests are being developed to spot early signs of breast cancer and endometriosis in urine.

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‘Moment of reckoning’ needed in social care, says Louise Casey

The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).

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Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day

Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.

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Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day

Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.

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Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis

“People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it… [but] you don’t,” she says.

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Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis

“People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it… [but] you don’t,” she says.

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Trying to get social care can be ‘horrendous’, Baroness Casey tells BBC

The chair of the independent commission on adult social care also says the care system relies on the exploitation of its workforce.

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Dentists return £900m for not seeing NHS patients

Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.

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Death of boy after surgery is referred to coroner

Nine-year-old Jack Moate died in 2015, weeks after an operation carried out by a now-suspended surgeon.

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Allergy training to become compulsory in schools in England

The plans, due to come into force in September, follow support for Benedict’s Law, a campaign to improve allergy safety in schools.

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