w Can health secretary name NHS trusts performing well? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:09:11 GMT Victoria Atkins is challenged to name some health trusts meeting their targets to cut waiting lists. Full Article
w How Dame Deborah James helped save a mum's life By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:06:52 GMT A mother-of-three shared her story with Dame Deborah's mother Heather on BBC Breakfast. Full Article
w Are weight-loss injections the answer to obesity? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:52:45 GMT The appeal is clear - but should we be turning to appetite-suppressing injections? Full Article
w Why we might never know the truth about ultra-processed foods By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:33:23 GMT Experts can’t agree how exactly they affect us and it’s not clear that science will give us an answer. Full Article
w How many of us will end up being diagnosed with ADHD? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:36:40 GMT Experts suggest that the number of people with ADHD is actually going to remain steady. Full Article
w NHS needs better plan around weight loss jabs, warn experts By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:27:18 GMT Experts call for an urgent review of obesity treatment services amid booming demand for weight loss jabs. Full Article
w How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 03:10:13 GMT The rise of these treatments has major implications for how we think about obesity, says James Gallagher. Full Article
w Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:48:59 GMT People affected by rare blood clots say they feel they have been airbrushed out of the pandemic. Full Article
w How are the vaping rules changing? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:06:32 GMT Marketing rules will be stricter, nicotine vapes will be taxed and disposable vapes will be banned. Full Article
w What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:23:46 GMT The next public hearings will consider how the pandemic affected healthcare systems across the UK. Full Article
w How the UK planned for the wrong pandemic By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:28:01 GMT Over-confidence, wasted opportunities and muddled-thinking left UK sleep-walking into Covid. Full Article
w Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:04:10 GMT An anti-corruption charity finds significant concerns in £15.3bn worth of contracts awarded during the pandemic. Full Article
w ‘I grieve for the person I was before' - Covid inquiry to begin new phase By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 01:13:17 GMT The Covid inquiry opens its next set of hearings on Monday, looking at the impact on healthcare and the NHS. Full Article
w High-grade masks evidence weak, Covid inquiry told By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:39:28 GMT UKHSA's Prof Susan Hopkins said respirator masks may have worked no better than thin surgical masks. Full Article
w Warning tax rises could force care homes to close By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:50:35 GMT Social care providers say the sector is in "unprecedented danger" without more funding. Full Article
w Covid was like a daily terror attack, doctor tells inquiry By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:06:37 GMT Covid inquiry hears harrowing testimony from ex-adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England. Full Article
w Covid ambulance crews faced 'crucial PPE delays' By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:39:04 GMT Crews say they faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients because of the time it took to put on equipment. Full Article
w We were not treated as parents, Covid inquiry told By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:11:38 GMT Mum of premature twins says rigid restrictions on birthing wards during Covid were traumatic. Full Article
w How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:06:04 GMT The Covid inquiry restarts its live hearings this week, after senior staff in the NHS revealed just how close some hospitals were to collapse Full Article
w Covid inquiry told top NHS doctor was terrified By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:34:34 GMT Sir Stephen Powis says points-based tool was drawn up should need to prioritise patients have arisen. Full Article
w Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:04:19 GMT NHS experts report unprecedented demand for the new generation of obesity treatments. Full Article
w Breast cancer patients denied life-extending drug in cost row By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:39:28 GMT Jeannie Ambrose, one of about 1,000 affected patients, says the drug should be made available on the NHS Full Article
w Could vaccines end the winter vomiting bug? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:05:23 GMT The easily spreadable virus can affect people of all ages and have huge consequences during winter. Full Article
w NHS will not fund new drug to slow Alzheimer’s By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:02:04 GMT A new drug that slows the pace of Alzheimer's disease is too expensive for too little benefit to be used on the NHS, the watchdog says. Full Article
w £30,000 limit on disabled adaptions grants reviewed By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:11:42 GMT A court challenge means the government will look again at the cap on the Disabled Facilities Grant. Full Article
w 'I can't afford a child on £53,000 salary' - why fertility rate is falling By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:09:01 GMT From 'fruitless' dating to financial pressures, people share their views on falling fertility rates. Full Article
w What are the symptoms of prostate cancer? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:15:07 GMT One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Full Article
w How many people still smoke in the UK? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:28:15 GMT The government wants to create a smoke-free generation and restrict the sale and marketing of vapes. Full Article
w NHS to review prostate cancer testing after Chris Hoy call for change By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:03:26 GMT The Olympic cycling champion, who has terminal cancer, wants more younger men to get checked. Full Article
w Assisted dying law change backed by 'citizens' jury' By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:08:23 GMT The panel of 28 felt it was important to give people choice, but only if they were terminally ill. Full Article
w What is assisted dying and how could the law change? By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:24:29 GMT A proposed law would give terminally ill people the right to choose to end their life. Full Article
w Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 23:58:01 GMT A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up? Full Article
w Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:00:06 GMT Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust. Full Article
w Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS – and how they deal with 'space smell' By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:44:52 GMT As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit. Full Article
w Joyful welcome by stranded astronauts for SpaceX capsule crew By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:00:32 GMT A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked. Full Article
w What's next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 17:40:08 GMT The world's most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon Full Article
w Baby boom prompts call to boost wild beaver population By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:27:17 GMT A leading conservation group wants the government to give the go-ahead to bringing back beavers in the wild. Full Article
w Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Sep 2024 21:29:13 GMT A new expedition finds that a large part of the railing at the ship's front has fallen away. Full Article
w Anti-pollution law to threaten water bosses with jail By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:40:42 GMT New legislation gives regulators more powers to tackle water pollution in England and Wales. Full Article
w Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:20:51 GMT The UK's nuclear waste needs a permanent home - but finding a community willing to take it is tricky. Full Article
w Mystery tremors were from massive nine-day tsunami By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:17:55 GMT Scientists launched an investigation after being baffled by seismic signals picked up across the world Full Article
w Sir David Attenborough: 'The world would be worse off without our stories' By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:51:11 GMT Sir David Attenborough praises the "beauty" created by the BBC in its natural history shows. Full Article
w My pilgrimage to the vanishing Sphinx snow patch By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 05:16:15 GMT The Sphinx, a patch of snow thought to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year. Full Article
w How unusual has this hurricane season been? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:42:37 GMT Hurricanes Helene and Milton have bookended a particularly stormy period. What's behind it? Full Article
w Burning rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 04:45:35 GMT Nearly half of waste is now burned for energy, but BBC analysis finds it is as dirty as coal. Full Article
w Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:05:41 GMT Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests. Full Article
w World way off target in tackling climate change - UN By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:00:46 GMT The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever Full Article
w Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:02:02 GMT Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction. Full Article
w Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:27:46 GMT Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds. Full Article
w Skies to clear for Taurid meteor shower peak on Monday By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:05:38 GMT The Northern Taurids are at their peak on 11-12 November - but will the clouds part to let us see them? Full Article