Jane Deith BBC File on 4 Investigates BBC Listen to Jane read this article At the urology department of Burnley General Hospital, 26-year-old Ryan (not his real name) is having a drug solution inserted through a catheter – part of his treatment for a condition known as ketamine bladder. This procedure will not completely reverse…
Dominic Hughes Health Correspondent Reporting fromDouglas, Isle of Man Getty Images The Isle of Man could be the first jurisdiction in the British Isles to legalise assisted dying A law to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to end their own lives is entering its final stages, making it potentially…
Getty Images Doug Barrowman, who led PPE Medpro, pictured alongside his wife Baroness Michelle Mone. The chair of the Covid inquiry has ruled that evidence related to PPE Medpro, the firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman, will be heard in a closed, private session next month. On 3 March, the…
Family photo Matthew’s father, pictured as a baby in the late 1940s Matthew’s dad had brown eyes and black hair. His grandparents had piercing blue eyes. There was a running joke in his family that “dad looked nothing like his parents”, the teacher from southern England says. It turned out there was a very good…
Emma Stanley BBC News, Lancashire Handout Mel Tottoh was diagnosed with myeloma after months of rib and back pain A former footballer has told how he was in “complete shock” after being diagnosed with blood cancer – after first believing the pain was from a pulled muscle. Mel Tottoh was diagnosed with myeloma after months…
Getty Images Michael Gove outside the Covid Inquiry after giving evidence on Monday, 10 March. Michael Gove has told the Covid inquiry it was “ludicrous” to suggest he tried to force through a deal for a new ventilator made by the electronics giant Dyson without proper safety checks. Emails show a senior official at the…
BBC Jabez Petherick says hospice care made a big difference to him As a nurse who supports terminally ill patients to die in their own homes, Angelina Blair sees first hand the last few hours of people’s lives. “There are times where you put on a brave face, you smile, you give the care that’s…
Women will be able to speak to medical specialists about issues such as the menopause, sexual health and mental health at a free event next month. The two-hour session is due to take place at the Penn Manor Medical Practice, an NHS GP surgery in Wolverhampton, from 10:00 BST on 5 July. GP Shivaleela Bailwad…
Patients in Jersey will receive a more personalised cervical screening service from July, health bosses have said. The Government of Jersey said it would be following recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee due to more accurate human papillomavirus (HPV) testing being available. The screening detects HPV – the type of infection which is the…
Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman have accused the Covid inquiry of an “establishment cover-up” after their second attempt to be given an official role in the inquiry was rejected. The couple claimed they were the targets of a “politically motivated witch hunt” after the inquiry’s chairwoman, Baroness Hallett, refused their application to be…
