Health

Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter, BBC News Abbie Abbie first began using ketamine when she was 16 Abbie was 16 years old when she started using ketamine. It was the first time she had felt in control. The negative thoughts that had swamped her mind since a young age began to dissipate. Twelve years later and fresh out of …

Nic Marko Local Democracy Reporting Service Google The Rowan Suite maternity unit at Hartlepool Hospital became fully operational in 2020 A pause in the delivery of babies at a hospital, caused by staff shortages and illness, is being reviewed monthly by health chiefs. The midwife-led Rowan Suite maternity unit at the University Hospital of Hartlepool became fully operational in late …

Hot dogs, a type of processed foods, can be seen in this image. — Pexels A new research has reignited concerns about the health risks associated with processed meats, sugar-sweetened beverages, and trans fatty acids, with nutrition experts asserting there is “no safe amount” of processed meat for consumption. The study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, highlighted an elevated …

Patrick Clahane and Rebecca Wearn BBC News BBC It’s pitch black and we’re crawling along a secret underground tunnel beneath a high street in Hull. We pass rotting beams propped up precariously by stacked breeze blocks. A rusty car jack is helping prevent the shop floor above from falling in. Through the rubble, we follow a Trading Standards Officer, his …

PA Media Sir Keir Starmer has set out his 10-year-plan to reform the NHS in England, based on a shift from hospitals to neighbourhood health hubs, a new focus on prevention and better use of technology. He said the government’s 162-page blueprint might be the last chance to put the health service “back on its feet”. Here is what the …

A representational image shows dairy products. — AFP/File Previous studies have found that many people worldwide have difficulty getting quality sleep. In the United States, around 56% of people are estimated to have a sleep disorder, compared to about 31% in Western Europe. One potential factor contributing to poor sleep is nightmares. Research indicates that approximately 85% of adults experience …

Rob Sissons Health correspondent, BBC East Midlands BBC A digital imaging service to investigate suspected skin cancers has reduced waits for patients to be triaged, diagnosed and treated in Nottinghamshire Digital imaging of suspected skin cancers has dramatically cut waiting times for diagnosis and treatment in Nottinghamshire. Clinical photographers in parts of the county now see patients referred by GPs …

BBC Kaylie Bailey contracted botulism after being given illegal Botox An aesthetic beautician left one woman fighting for her life and several others seriously ill in hospital after injecting them with Toxpia, an illegal Botox-type anti-wrinkle treatment. As the BBC names the woman behind the jabs, two of her victims share their stories. The patch over Kaylie Bailey’s left eye …

Getty Images Millions of patients will be treated closer to home under plans to “fundamentally rewire” the NHS in England, the prime minister has said. A new network of neighbourhood health hubs will be set up to shift care out of hospitals and into the community. Sir Keir Starmer said the NHS needed to “reform or die” and provide patients …

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has denied claims the government’s attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in 2020, early in the Covid pandemic, was empty rhetoric. In an irritable exchange he urged the Covid Inquiry to focus on the substance of what the government was doing at the time. Mr Hancock said the decision to discharge patients …