Warning over accuracy of high street at-home tests for cholesterol and menopause. @unibirmingham researchers find self-help tests available in supermarkets and shops risk giving people the wrong result and could delay diagnosis.

Cancer appointments at risk of delay due to doctors strike . Up to 50,000 resident doctors in England will walkout from 7am on Friday in the first of potentially six months of strikes that threaten to plunge the NHS into another crisis.

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Baby deaths warning as inadequate maternity care found in hundreds of stillbirths. New @LibDems research reveals a 22% rise in the number of maternity deaths as the Government embarks on a 'rapid' review to improve care across the NHS.

‘I knew my husband would harm himself and someone else - the NHS let them down’. Mark Tyler had been in contact with Essex NHS mental health services for years and had warned staff he was a danger to himself and others #LampardInquiry .

'I have a rare disease that means I can't shut my eyes to sleep - it's exhausting'. Dylan Lombard was only the 13th person in the world to be diagnosed with MDP syndrome, a debilitating rare disease which despite its many challenges has not held him back.

The NHS trust refusing to pay skilled staff an extra £1 an hour . A group of phlebotomists has been dubbed 'The Magnificent Thirty-Seven' after refusing to back down in an increasingly bitter stand-off with management @gloshospitals .

Everything in Wes Streeting's 10-year NHS plan - and what it means for you .

The middle-aged people forced to choose between careers and caring for parents . Some 400,000 Britons are retiring early each year, with caring responsibilities a key factor, and the no of adult carers is set to increase by 1 million over the next decade.

Epilepsy, arthritis and MS patients could lose up to £6,000 in PIP ‘two-tier system’ . New PIP claimants risk losing out on up to £110.40 a week – or £5,740 a year – the amount that someone with an enhanced daily living award currently receives.

Stop calling us about Mounjaro, GPs tell patients - you don’t qualify. Thousands taking the weight-loss jab privately are inundating GP surgeries - clogging phone lines, exacerbating the 8am scramble for appointments and putting ill people at risk.

IVF baby boom as one child in every school class born through fertility treatment . Almost 21,000 babies were born via IVF, latest @HFEA annual figures show - but postcode lottery for fertility treatment on the NHS worsens.

The answer to building new NHS hospitals? It could lie in PFI deals. @NHSConfed chief Matthew Taylor argues that bringing in capital funding will free up public cash to address the £13.8bn backlog in repairs to England's crumbling hospitals.

'My brother took his own life 48 hours after discharge from NHS mental health care' . Daniel Fairman got psychiatric help after suddenly developing severe mental illness following a diagnosis of Lyme disease - but medics said he was well enough to go home.

NHS trusts could be sent to court if they fail to enforce new modern slavery rules. “Today, this Government is announcing a tough package of measures to hold public bodies to account as we work to end modern slavery,” @wesstreeting writes in @theipaper.

‘I was told I'd probably die from skin cancer - but my tumour disappeared with new therapy’. Almost one in five patients with advanced melanoma survived for five years after receiving lifileucel, with tumours shrinking in the majority of cases.

Police launch corporate manslaughter investigation into Nottingham baby deaths . Investigation forms part of Operation Perth, looking at the care provided to mothers and babies who died or suffered serious harm following maternity care @nottmhospitals .

Why heart disease will remain the number one killer of women, according to medics . Despite major treatment advances, women make up less than 30% of clinical trials participants worldwide - undermining evidence-based care.

Virtual wards 'saved NHS' during Covid so don't close them, senior doctor warns. Dr Andrew Barlow, who founded the first and largest Covid virtual ward, said the 'hospital at home' system should be the gold standard for the NHS.

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