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Liver cancer death rate almost twice as high as 20 years ago, charity warns
The disease is currently the eighth most common cause of cancer death in the UK.
People ‘being misdiagnosed’ on obesity, say experts
Researchers have said there needs to be a more ‘nuanced’ way to measure obesity.
Ministers urged to extend free flu jabs to people in their 50s
About two thirds of those at-risk for influenza are yet to be vaccinated this winter, according to Public Health Scotland.
‘Rare’ Covid jab side-effects must not undermine vaccine role, inquiry told
Public hearings for the fourth module of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry started in London on Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of people aged 50 and 52 to be sent bowel cancer test kit
The faecal immunochemical test checks for blood in a stool sample.
Hancock to give evidence as Covid inquiry explores vaccine issues
The former health secretary is set to appear as the inquiry looks at the rollout of vaccines across the UK.
Streeting says nurses are ‘backbone of our NHS’ after worker stabbed in hospital
Police were called to the Royal Oldham Hospital on Saturday evening.
Carrie Johnson spends almost a week in hospital with pneumonia and flu
Carrie Johnson praised NHS nurses and doctors as ‘the best people on earth’ in her Instagram post.
UK’s first safer drug consumption facility offers hope to people – councillor
Scotland has the highest rate of drugs deaths in Europe, with fatalities rising by 12% in a year to 1,172 drug-related deaths in 2023.
Recruitment freezes in NHS scanning and cancer departments ‘risk patient care’
More than a fifth of NHS trusts have implemented recruitment freezes, the Royal College of Radiologists said.