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How a major policy shift is changing how police will respond to mental health call-outs
999 calls will be triaged and if there is any risk of harm or to life, or if a crime is involved, the police will still attend.
Heart attack patient, 83, had to drive four hours for hospital appointment
Charles Swift faced a 140-mile round trip to get to a hospital, but had to drive himself.
Mum of critically ill baby denied hospital food as she wasn't breastfeeding
Sophie Price had given birth in the same hospital five days earlier but was denied a hot meal.
Concern over cut to young people mental health crisis scheme
The Card Before You Leave scheme ensures young people experiencing a mental health crisis who present at a hospital's emergency department are given a written appointment with specialists before leaving.
Vulnerable 'at risk' as drug needle site closes
Belfast charity workers warn people who use the "life-saving" service will be left without support.
NHS Western Isles prescribing weight loss drugs at triple the rate of other health boards
A new report finds "significant variation" between Scotland's health boards prescribing new medicines.
Terminally ill mum who can't talk, walk or dress herself refused Pip payment
Rachael Field, from Rhondda Cynon Taf, had her tongue and voicebox removed and windpipe reconstructed.
Patient living in 'horrific pain' due to UK-wide drugs shortage
Jill Kenning says she has been unable to get a drug she uses to manage her condition.
Inside Health
And the barriers queer couples can face in accessing fertility treatment.
'What does it say if a woman can't give birth in her own city?'
The Southern Health Trust plans to temporarily transfer inpatient maternity services from Daisy Hill to Craigavon.
Consultant doctors in England to strike next month
Senior doctors to stage 48-hour walkout, beginning on 25 November, in dispute over pay and pensions.
The Climate Question
Two doctors discuss the challenges for the medical sector from a warming world
Hospital deemed 'dangerous' and 'dreadful' online claims to be among safest in the country
Grange University Hospital has faced criticism over long delays, overcrowding and staff shortages.
Early Alzheimer’s, cancer research paper mills and treatment access | Health Wrap 56
In the 56th episode of Health Wrap by The Hindu, Ramya Kannan, Health Editor, The Hindu, and Zubeda Hamid, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu, discuss health issues that highlight the importance of early diagnosis, reli...
Health board still paying for research despite criticism over patient benefit
Betsi Cadwaladr health board was due to pay Bangor University £110,686 for two researchers.
My 93-year-old mother waited 10 hours on the floor for an ambulance
Graham Anthony says his mum Margaret Owen was asking for help "and sometimes screaming in pain".
Altitude sickness and hearing: How travelling to mountains can affect your ears and ways to keep them comfortable
Travelling to the mountains comes with the familiar feeling of discomfort in your ears, as you climb higher. Dr Kumari explains what goes on inside your body.
Give more people weight-loss jabs on the NHS, say MPs
Current plans for 6% of eligible patients to get Mounjaro by 2028 unambitious, say MPs.