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NICE Lung & Breathing
Digital technologies for applying algorithms to spirometry to support asthma and COPD diagnosis in primary care and community diagnostic centres: early-use assessment
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02 Apr 2026 Read more →
BBC Health
Fewer heat-related deaths in 2025 despite warmest summer
Summer 2025 was the warmest UK summer on record, with four heatwaves, a top temperature of nearly 38C and a…
02 Apr 2026 Read more →
NHS
New UKHSA data shows 1,504 heat-related deaths during summer of 2025
Latest data shows Summer 2025 saw 1,504 heat‑associated deaths in England.
02 Apr 2026 Read more →
NHS Gut & Digestion
Hepatitis C infections in people who inject drugs continue to fall
New report highlights continued progress in eliminating hepatitis C in England.
02 Apr 2026 Read more →
BBC Health Bones & Joints
Review finds 250 patients need repeat bone scans
Review finds care for some patients was "below the level that would have been expected".
02 Apr 2026 Read more →
BBC Health Womens Health
Sewing group helping women in period poverty
Debi Angell says the kits they make help women and girls who can not afford period products.
02 Apr 2026 Read more →
BBC Health
Doctors lose new jobs package as strike to go ahead
The offer of 1,000 more training posts has been withdrawn after the union refused to scrap the planned six-day strike.
01 Apr 2026 Read more →
BBC Health
Newly qualified paramedics told to apply for jobs abroad due to hire freeze
The Welsh Ambulance Service said newly qualified paramedics would not be offered roles this year due to "financial and operational…
01 Apr 2026 Read more →
BBC Health
How dads are bonding over learning to braid hair
Social club the Secret Life of Dads aims to provide a safe space for dads to bond with each other,…
01 Apr 2026 Read more →
BBC Health Cancer
‘Would I have made it to 60 if my cancer symptoms weren’t detected?’
Marie McGrath was diagnosed with bowel cancer at the start of 2026
01 Apr 2026 Read more →
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