Entries by BBC News

Fewer than 800 Scots have received weight loss jabs on NHS, BBC finds /in /by

Only five of Scotland's 14 health boards currently offer the treatment specifically for weight loss, it has emerged.

My contraceptive coil saved my life after it revealed I had cancer /in /by

Caroline Bailey was diagnosed after suffering with "a stabbing pain in the middle of my abdomen".

My contraceptive coil saved my life after it revealed I had cancer /in /by

Caroline Bailey was diagnosed after suffering with "a stabbing pain in the middle of my abdomen".

Man, 70, died of eye cancer after scan concerns weren’t followed up /in /by

A coroner warns there's a risk of future deaths due to "substantial delays" in ophthalmology follow-ups.

Why children’s hospices are paying to throw away your donations /in /by

Acorns says it spends about £100,000 a year dealing with donated items that cannot be sold.

First minister ‘does not accept’ there is no more money for Stormont /in /by

The Northern Ireland secretary says there is "very little financial accountability or responsibility" across the executive.

Swimmer Archie Goodburn thanks prime minister as brain cancer review announced /in /by

The Scottish athlete, who has inoperable brain tumours, previously made a tearful plea for more investment in brain cancer research on BBC Breakfast.

‘I could never hear on my left side – until I got a prosthetic ear’ /in /by

Stephen Gilbert, 74, was born with unilateral microtia, a rare condition in which the external ear is underdeveloped or missing on one side.

1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs /in /by

1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs

1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs /in /by

1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs