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Health visitors are set to return to work next week after a deal was reached to end a nine-month strike that saw thousands of missed appointments.Unite union said the agreement with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board would see...

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PSD Scotland started operating in in April, external and was set up to drive changes across the health and care system, and the wider public sector.It replaced both NHS NSS and another quango called NHS Education for Scotland, whose...

The first NHS intensive care unit for women with serious mental health needs in Kent and Medway is due to open.Women in the region will have access to a dedicated NHS psychiatric intensive care unit for the first time,...

Cancer treatments often have side effects and for young women one of the most significant can be reduced fertility.The main treatments - chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, hormonal therapy and targeted therapy - can affect fertility in different ways.In many situations,...

BBC News NI health correspondent Marie-Louise ConnollyNorthern Ireland needs more GPs to deliver much needed appointments for the public.Acquiring more GPs needs considerable long-term investment and what the department has announced appears to fall short of what general practice...

Jenny Keane, chief executive of the NIAS, said she was "horrified and outraged" to hear of the assault."This incident is particularly disturbing given that it was perpetrated by an adult male on a female paramedic, while her other female...

Veterinarian Dr. Troy Hudnall enjoyed an active practice in Missouri. But in 2022, during an intense delivery of a calf, he felt a sharp pain, and heard a strange sound: "A snap or a pop,...

The mum of a five-year-old boy with a rare form of dementia has to pay almost £3m for his life saving treatment.Tate McDaid, from Swansea, was diagnosed with Sanfilippo Syndrome - a form of dementia that just over 100...

Sanitary towels and tampons are "basic health and hygiene products" which are "essential and not optional", the public health director has said. Matt Tyrer's department is spearheading the rolling out of a scheme which will see women and girls...