Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer and his health secretary have been lauding the potential of the new generation of weight-loss drugs. Given as regular injections, the treatments – Wegovy and…

Lisa Hawker The family of a young girl say her life was saved after a pioneering study was able to diagnose her incredibly rare genetic disorder, leading to better treatment.…

Cardiff woman quits drinking over fear she would die by Christmas After an 18-hour bender that finished at 9am, the “beer fear and anxiety” got too much, and Jessie Hallett…

The way patient safety is regulated and monitored is to be completely overhauled in England, the health secretary has announced. Wes Streeting said the current system was “overly complex”, as…

BBC Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be unemployed as non-disabled people “I want to contribute to society. I dream of living with friends in supported living, not…

FAMILY HANDOUT Nicole, who has severe ME, is looked after by her daughter Maeve Boothby-O’Neill’s final days were harrowing. The 27-year-old was confined to bed all day, unable to chew…

Sally Magnusson Sally Magnusson has already written a book about how her family coped with her mother’s dementia There can’t be many people who spend years raging and grieving over…

BBC Elaine Fraser recognised the symptoms of anaphylactic shock thanks to training by the school where she works When teacher Elaine Fraser collapsed at home after drinking a ginger beer,…

Getty Images Intensive-care units came under severe strain during Covid, the inquiry has heard (stock photo) At least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick…

UK pharmaceutical giant GSK says it will pay as much as $2.2bn (£1.68bn) to settle thousands of cases in US courts over claims that a discontinued version of its heartburn…