A rising number of end-of-life patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS leaders have been told. A consultant ...

Marie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NIGetty ImagesFigures released on Thursday show there were 1,184 new cases identified in the first week of DecemberSeveral care homes in Northern Ireland have ...

Eleanor Layhe, Jemma Woodman,South West and Ella RuleTrudy PolkinghornLugh Baker died in 2021 and his mother, Trudy Polkinghorn, said she "was so angry" with the regulator, the CQCCare homes ...

Grace Shaw & Phil BodmerYorkshireBBCFreyja died at five days old of injuries sustained during her birth at St James's Hospital in LeedsThe father of a baby girl who died ...

Steve TownsendMark Townsend's family described him as "one of the nicest people you would ever meet"An off-duty medic who tried to save a man in cardiac arrest during a ...

Menopause and CancerMenopause and Cancer is a charity that supports people who are managing menopause following cancer treatmentCampaigners are calling for menopause support to be included into cancer treatment ...

Philippa RoxbyHealth reporterGetty ImagesTreatment for millions of people with type 2 diabetes should be more personalised, with greater access to newer medicines, including weight-loss drugs, the healthcare assessment body ...

BBCTom Parker, 37, broke his leg in a fishing accident three miles off the Devon coastTom Parker was working alone three miles (4.8km) off the Devon coast when his ...

Rita had been in the home, Homestead House in Norwich, since the start of the year. It began as temporary respite care, but morphed into a permanent arrangement. Then ...

FacebookShannon McQuillan, 19, died after being struck by a van in 2018There were multiple breaches in the duty of care offered by police officers to a teenager who was ...

Gemma SherlockBBC News, North East and CumbriaAndy WatsonBBC Look NorthReporting fromWitherwack, SunderlandBBCThe building in Sunderland was badly damaged in the crash, which happened on Wednesday eveningEight people have been ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said "we must act now" as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England.The "rapid" inquiry will urgently look at the worst-performing ...