Thousands of breast cancer patients could benefit from a new drug combination on the NHS, health officials have said. The use of the medication -abemaciclib and fulvestrant – has been
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A woman who died from an undiagnosed heart condition four days after giving birth could have been saved if her condition had been spotted and treated earlier, a hospital has
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A university student died after doctors failed to spot a head injury he sustained during a night out to celebrate his birthday, a coroner has found. Maria Voisin, senior coroner
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The family of a man with Down’s syndrome who died in hospital after they say he was left unfed for 19 days have said their brother “was allowed to die
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A mother who gambled away £100,000 donated for treatment for her seriously ill son has walked free from court after a judge accepted she had been under “extraordinary pressure”. Nurse
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The number of antidepressant prescriptions dispensed in England exceeded 70 million last year, figures show. A total of 70.9 million items to treat conditions including depression and anxiety were given
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The cost of prescriptions dispensed in the community and the number of items dispensed during the 2018 calendar year has been published today by NHS Digital. The Prescription Cost Analysis,
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A new immunotherapy drug that can quadruple the time lung cancer is kept at bay and could cure some patients is being made available on the NHS. The National Institute
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Thousands of packs of a key cystic fibrosis drug expired and were destroyed amid a row over its cost to the NHS, it has been revealed. Talks between Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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More than 160,000 nurses have quit the NHS since 2010/11 for reasons other than retirement, according to new figures. Data analysed by the Labour Party and verified by the House
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