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BBC Chief executive Ifti Majid apologised to staff and said the money was not a good use of charitable funds An under-fire NHS trust has apologised after using money from charitable funds to throw a leaving party for its former chairman. Cash from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s charitable operations was applied for and used…

Paul O’Hare,BBC Scotlandand Lisa Summers,Scotland health and social care correspondent John Cuddihy says the bacterial infection had a ‘devastating’ impact on daughter Molly The father of a woman whose death is being investigated by prosecutors said a health board was “warned for years” about issues with a major hospital’s water system that it has now…

Fergus WalshMedical editor BBC Dr Michael Sandberg, whose mother had Alzheimer’s disease, took part in the trial An international trial is examining whether a finger-prick blood test could be used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The study, involving 1,000 volunteers aged over 60 in the UK, US and Canada, will aim to detect biomarkers associated…

A pilot scheme designed to identify and nip potential health problems in the bud has been launched by the Isle of Man’s public health directorate. The so-called fit checks have begun at Ramsey Group Practice in the north of the island, as part of a project that could also help to shape future services. They…

PA Media Cold temperatures cause 16-year-old Amber to break out in red, itchy hives “I just want to be able to do normal things and have a normal life and not have to worry.” A 16-year-old girl from north Wales says she is “always scared” of having an allergic reaction after being diagnosed with a…