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Mother given wrong antibiotics died from sepsis

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 03/11/2026 - 06:11
Bank cashier Aleisha Rochester died two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess.

Mother given wrong antibiotics died from sepsis

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 03/11/2026 - 06:11
Bank cashier Aleisha Rochester died two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess.

'My daughter died in her sleep, with no warning'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 03/11/2026 - 00:00
Jo-Ann Burns says her daughter Nicola wasn't told about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.

5 Live News Specials

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 17:24
That Time of the Month with Naga Munchetty, Dr Nighat Arif and Dr Christine Ekechi

Maternity inquiry chair named in government U-turn

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 16:51
Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead the maternity services inquiry at Leeds hospitals.

Maternity inquiry chair named in government U-turn

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 16:51
Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead the maternity services inquiry at Leeds hospitals.

Dr Xand on the wellness benefits of knitting

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 16:24
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Inside Health

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 10:00
James visits Hackney, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country.

Are more people cutting off their parents?

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 06:52
Ben Cole Edwards, 30, built a career as a trauma coach after posting about being estranged from his mum.

'I'm in constant pain' - woman harmed by vaginal mesh urges action on redress scheme

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 00:00
Susan McLarnon is travelling to Downing Street later to call for "urgent action" to be taken on redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh implants.

Sent 90 miles after giving birth while 'soaked in urine'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 03/09/2026 - 00:40
Four days after giving birth, Lizzy Berryman's psychosis forced her to be taken from York to Derby for specialist care.

NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 03/09/2026 - 00:39
The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so.

NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 03/09/2026 - 00:39
The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so.

'Women grow up with pain as a part of their lives'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 17:06
A health campaigner says women's relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives.

'Women grow up with pain as a part of their lives'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 17:06
A health campaigner says women's relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives.

Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure', says Chris Whitty

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 15:00
England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.

Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure', says Chris Whitty

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 15:00
England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.

How to use AI tools to support our wellbeing in safe and simple ways

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 14:42
Do you know the important difference between open and closed AI?

It took 10 years to get surgery for my endometriosis

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 11:12
Ami Clarke shares her experience of living with endometriosis.

It took 10 years to get surgery for my endometriosis

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 11:12
Ami Clarke shares her experience of living with endometriosis.

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