6+ hour, 57+ min ago   (747+ words) A Nottingham attacks survivor who was left with no memory of his life before the tragedy has praised a brain injury charity for its "amazing" support. Wayne Birkett, 63, was struck by a van driven by triple killer Valdo Calocane - who…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (657+ words) A clinical scientist who left "crude and offensive" post-it notes for his female colleagues has been sacked for sexual harrasment. James Faulkner was accused of "reprehensible" conduct towards much younger women before he was dismissed from Alder Hay Children's Hospital…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (494+ words) A teenager apparently took her own life after NHS mental health teams did not immediately involve a psychiatrist in her care, an inquest has heard. Ischia Montagu La Placa, 16, was found dead at her home in Lyme Regis, Dorset, on…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (584+ words) Dame Esther Rantzen has said she is now "too physically fragile" to travel to Switzerland to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic. The veteran broadcaster, 86, said she would have to fly to the country, where the practice is…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (16+ words) BBC Boy died after 'acute' asthma attack - coroner...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (308+ words) A lottery-winning former nurse has returned to her old hospital for a volunteering day. Jon and Lucy Waring visited Torbay Hospital, near Torquay in Devon, to help create lasting artwork to comfort patients on its dementia unit. The couple also…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (445+ words) Protesters have gathered outside Oxford's County Hall to oppose £1.8m in cuts to the council's adult social care budget. It includes charging a £10 daily rate for council-arranged transport, as well as invoicing people who use an independent living aid £9.87 per week....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (339+ words) Paul Tobia, a former mental health nurse, is devoting his time to studying the patient records of people treated at the hospital known, at the time, as Bristol Lunatic Asylum. Tobia's research has found that about 46% of the patients got…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (610+ words) There are "significant gaps" in knowledge and evidence about the effect of vaccinating badgers in Wales against bovine tuberculosis (TB), according to researchers. A team from the British Ecological Society's Wales policy group, along with staff from Cardiff and Aberystwyth…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (524+ words) A coroner has raised concerns about emergency call handling after the death of a teenager from meningitis. Oliver Shelley died in July 2024 aged 17 from meningococcal septicaemia. His parents had rushed him to East Surrey Hospital in Redhill as an ambulance…...