July 29, 2025
Health & Fitness
July 29, 2025
How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship…
BBC We are now in the era of weight-loss drugs. Decisions on how these drugs will be used look likely to shape our future health and even what our society might look like. And,
July 29, 2025
Is the system letting down people who were harmed …
Fergus Walsh Medical editor BBC There is nothing in life that is free of risk. That includes vaccines. But the evidence is compelling that the benefits of getting immunised with those vaccines recommended in
July 29, 2025
How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?
BBC Listen to Jim read this article Five times Prof Kevin Fong broke down in tears in a nondescript hearing room in West London, while giving evidence to the Covid inquiry. The 53-year-old has
July 29, 2025
Top doctor was terrified NHS might be overwhelmed …
Covid inquiry Prof Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director at NHS England, was giving evidence to the Covid inquiry in west London. The most senior doctor in NHS England has said he was “personally
July 29, 2025
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10…
Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said. Amanda Pritchard told the UK
July 29, 2025
Matt Hancock says NHS was ‘hours’ from…
The NHS in England came within “six or seven hours” of running out of gowns and other protective equipment during the Covid pandemic, Matt Hancock has said. The former health secretary was giving evidence
July 29, 2025
What is in the proposed law?
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images MPs have voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill will now face many more months of debate
July 29, 2025
Families failed by Covid vaccines tell inquiry of …
Sophie Hutchinson Health correspondent Family handout Jamie and Kate Scott on holiday before the pandemic Families of those harmed by Covid vaccines told the UK Covid Inquiry they were forced to support each other
July 29, 2025