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Streeting praises response to meningitis outbreak

Wes Streeting praises the "Herculean efforts" to protect people from the Kent meningitis outbreak.

22 Mar 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Mental Health

I spent five months in a mother and baby mental health unit – here’s what I want mums to know

Sofii Lewis was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis tendencies and OCD after giving birth.

22 Mar 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Gut & Digestion

‘Having coeliac disease aged 9 means I’m normal with a tiny twist’

Nine-year-old Eliza's mum says she was relieved when her daughter was diagnosed with the disease.

22 Mar 2026 Read more →

Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human…

20 Mar 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Womens Health

Woman with ‘agonising’ condition to ‘give back’

The Worcester woman says she wants endometriosis patients to be "met with a little extra comfort".

20 Mar 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Cancer

Hospital waiting lists in Wales see record drop

Wait times for planned care are falling but diagnostic and cancers waits are up, latest figures indicate.

19 Mar 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Infections & Vaccines

What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work?

The third report from the inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic says the NHS was close to collapse.

19 Mar 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Infections & Vaccines

Stay at home advice questioned and rules too tough – key findings from Covid report

An NHS close to collapse, patients failed and NHS staff put at risk - what you need to know.

19 Mar 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Infections & Vaccines

Patients harmed as Covid pandemic brought NHS close to collapse, inquiry finds

Third report into the pandemic says patients and staff were failed as health service only just coped.

19 Mar 2026 Read more →

NHS Infections & Vaccines

Expansion of Meningitis B vaccination offer to Kent Students

The Meningitis B vaccine will now be offered to everyone who has been offered preventative antibiotic treatment as part of…

19 Mar 2026 Read more →

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