Wes Streeting has ruled out introducing value added tax (VAT) on private healthcare at the forthcoming Budget. It comes after newspaper reports that the Treasury was looking at bringing private healthcare services within scope of the sales tax. But asked whether this was under consideration, the health secretary told BBC Breakfast: “it’s not happening”. It…
Kirsteen O’Sullivan, Windsor BBC Reah Steer and her husband Jono underwent IVF treatment after her diagnosis of endometriosis A mother has spoken out about dealing with severe period pain for two decades before finally being diagnosed with endometriosis. Reah Steer, 34, from Windsor in Berkshire, described enduring years of agony and being prescribed the contraceptive…
An NHS online hospital service will be launched in England within two years to help cut waiting times, the prime minister is set to announce. Sir Keir Starmer will tell the Labour Party annual conference a “new world is coming” as he sets out plans for the digital service. NHS Online will have its own…
BBC Dave Watson, a triple amputee, is one of more than 2,000 former and serving British military personnel bringing the legal case Thousands of British military personnel have started legal action after being given ear protection they say was faulty and led to life-changing injuries such as tinnitus and deafness. The US industrial giant 3M…
Guy LynnBBC Investigations, London BBC A bogus doctor, a pharmacist and a nurse were all secretly filmed breaking the rules for cash Nurses and pharmacists have been putting patients at risk by supplying Botox without proper checks, a BBC undercover investigation has found. Researchers posing as beauticians secretly filmed a nurse trading prescriptions over WhatsApp,…
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Getty Images There are concerns the new online system will not be able to differentiate between urgent and non-urgent requests The doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), has warned that potentially serious health problems could be missed by GPs, and lead to patients being harmed, when a new online booking system is launched across…
Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter Getty Images When it comes to collagen – how do you take yours? There are parties where people even drink shots of the anti-ageing supplement, often followed by a hefty tequila – though the latter is probably not recommended in the quest for youthful, peachy skin. Collagen is the most…
Anna Collinson, Jo Adnitt & Hannah KarpelBBC News Investigations Supplied A worker photographed by a patient who said they were sleeping during a one-on-one observation Staff at a specialist eating disorder unit have been photographed sleeping when they should have been looking after patients who were at risk of harming themselves. There were multiple “unsafe”…
Joanne WrittleHealth correspondent, BBC West Midlands Family picture Thomas and Ewa Hender have two children, with the younger receiving the middle name Aubrey, in memory of his late brother A couple whose son was stillborn have criticised health bosses for taking a year and a half to release a report about stillbirth rates in the…
