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Overseas doctors will remain ‘crucial’ despite recruitment drive – regulator/in /by
The General Medical Council says efforts to recruit more UK doctors will take years to take effect.
Indi Gregory: Life-support withdrawn from critically ill baby/in /by
Christian Concern says eight-month-old Indi Gregory has been moved to a hospice.
NHS board named in Glasgow hospital corporate homicide probe/in /by
It follows the deaths of four patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow.
Warning a child could die due to illegal drugs in vapes/in /by
A head teacher said one of his pupils collapsed after using a vape containing the illegal drug spice.
Child death rates on the rise in England/in /by
Experts suggest rising child poverty is a major factor behind the estimated increase.
Cystic fibrosis: Mum fears her baby will die after drugs are axed/in /by
The mum of a baby with cystic fibrosis says it is "unthinkable" she may not get the drugs she needs.
Prof Sir Chris Whitty says UK faces rural and coastal ageing crisis/in /by
Measures are needed to tackle an ageing population crisis, Chief Medical Officer Prof Chris Whitty says.
Suicide forum blocked to most UK users after Ofcom pressure/in /by
The controversial forum, linked to more than 50 UK deaths, can now only be viewed by registered members.
US veteran gets world’s first eye transplant/in /by
The surgery did not restore vision in the grafted eye, but experts do not rule out the possibility.
Arkansas man receives world’s first eye transplant/in /by
A team of more than 140 surgeons in New York successfully performed the procedure on Aaron James.