Ambulance staff checks 'lacking'

A BBC investigation into a private ambulance operator finds shortcomings in staff vetting and training.

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NHS pays to rectify cosmetic ops

The NHS is having to pick up the tab for cosmetic surgery performed abroad that has gone wrong, doctors say.

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Adverts warn of cocaine dangers

A hard-hitting £1m television and internet advertising campaign to warn teenagers of the dangers of cocaine use is being launched.

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Complex births 'add to pressure'

Midwives are struggling to cope with the increasing number of complex births they are seeing, regulators say.

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Surgeon saves boy's life by text

A British doctor volunteer in DR Congo performs an amputation using text message instructions from a London colleague.

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Patient suicide

Why doctors should not be involved at all

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Conjoined twin dies after surgery

One of the conjoined twins separated at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital has died, the hospital says.

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Educate yourself on the risks of HIV

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'Time-bending drug' for jet lag

Scientists announce promising trial results for a new drug for jet lag pill that can reset the body's natural sleep rhythms.

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TV presenters in NHS data fears

BBC Scotland presenters are told their personal health records may have been inappropriately accessed by a doctor.

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Hospitals 'are medical factories'

Hospitals churn patients through without treating them with enough kindness and respect, a think-tank says.

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Child obesity 'may harm thyroid'

Being obese as a child may actually alter the shape of a gland important to growth and metabolism, say Italian scientists.

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Cheap drinks promotions face ban

"All you can drink" promotions in pubs and bars would be banned under government plans in the Queen's Speech.

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Patients to get 'bill of rights'

The health service will have a duty to follow the vision set out in the NHS constitution, the Queen has confirmed.

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Risky operation

Conjoined twin surgery has a long history

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Violent NHS patients face pub ban

Drunk patients who attack staff at a Lancashire hospital could be banned from pubs in the surrounding area.

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HK: 'More Chinese eggs tainted'

Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety finds more eggs from China tainted with the industrial chemical melamine.

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Mass measles vaccination starts

A mass vaccination of more than 10,000 children is beginning in Cheshire in a bid to head off a measles epidemic.

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Pop tunes replace lullabies as a way to get babies to sleep

Rocking a baby to sleep has been given a whole new meaning as mothers ditch traditional lullabies for popular pop and rock tunes.

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Black and blue

A woman's ordeal after cosmetic surgery abroad

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Single cancer cell 'poses danger'

Cancer researchers may have underestimated the power of some cancers to spread and cause new tumours, say US researchers.

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Medical notes

A comprehensive guide to clinical conditions

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Staff 'too timid' on child abuse

Professionals should not shy away from removing children from abusive parents and putting them in care, a group of experts says.

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Asian diabetes

Bollywood-style comedy tackles the problem

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Zimbabwe 'asks for cholera help'

Zimbabwe's government has asked for urgent help to tackle its cholera outbreak, the World Health Organisation says.

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