A urine test for lung cancer could be available on the NHS within five years, offering a simple, non-invasive way…
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A surgical error that saw a patient operated on the wrong part of their spine eventually led that patient to…
NHS spending on private scan analysis has doubled in five years, with hospitals across the UK paying independent firms a…
Britain faces its first heatwave of the year before summer officially begins, with temperatures set to climb as high as…
The Independent’s Rebecca Thomas has been named Health Journalist of the Year at the Press Awards 2026 for her investigation…
Volunteer “blood bikers” have completed their 30,000th life-saving delivery for the NHS, a landmark achieved a decade after the charity…
Families affected by the largest maternity scandal in NHS history have written to the newly appointed health secretary, James Murray,…
The fibre deficit: why most Britons are falling short More than nine in ten people in the UK are not…
Half a million children and teenagers have been taken to emergency departments across England suffering mental health crises since 2019,…
A pioneering keyhole operation performed through the eye socket is offering patients with brain aneurysms the prospect of a durable,…