Entries by BBC News - Health

Maiden Pharmaceuticals: Fury in The Gambia over India cough syrup deaths

Grieving parents say regulators in both India and The Gambia failed their young children.

Strictly Come Dancing: Amy Dowden speaks about chemotherapy

Amy Dowden is having chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer in May.

Jason Leitch concerned about winter amid Covid upswing

Scotland's national director urges eligible people to get vaccinated when the programme starts.

Lucy Letby: Government orders independent inquiry

The inquiry will investigate the circumstances around the deaths, as well as the handling of concerns.

Hospital bosses ignored months of doctors’ warnings about Lucy Letby

Hospital bosses failed to investigate allegations and tried to silence doctors, BBC investigation finds.

Addenbrooke’s Hospital and police probe medic’s qualifications

An NHS trust is also investigating the healthcare worker, who was in an "advanced practice role".

The text messages Lucy Letby sent as she murdered babies

Messages on Letby's phone show her trying to win sympathy or deflect blame after murdering babies.

Letby not in dock as trial ends

The 33-year-old is convicted of killing babies at the hospital neonatal unit where she worked.

Who is baby serial killer Lucy Letby?

Her trial spanned 10 months, but what is known about the nurse who murdered seven newborn babies?

Victims’ parents: ‘Letby is a hateful human being who took everything from us’

The mum and dad whose two boys were victims of nurse Lucy Letby have spoken exclusively to the BBC.