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• One in five women in England say their concerns were ignored during childbirth, survey finds

  10-12-2025 18:55
  Women say fears were dismissed and help was unavailable at crucial moments during labourAlmost one in five women feel their concerns were not taken seriously by healthcare professionals during childbirth, according to the “concerning” results of a national survey of maternity experiences.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) survey of almost 17,000 women who gave birth across England in NHS settings this year found that 15% felt they had not been given relevant advice or support when the
  
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• Wes Streeting improves offer to resident doctors in England in attempt to stop strikes

  10-12-2025 20:41
  BMA puts health secretary’s offer, which includes pledge to double number of extra training places, to resident doctorsWes Streeting has made an improved offer to end the long-running dispute with resident doctors before their strike next week that threatens to bring chaos to the NHS as it battles a flu surge.The health secretary has pledged to double the number of extra places that early career doctors in England can apply for in order to train in the area of medicine they have chosen to
  
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• Health experts criticise NHS chief’s remarks that people with flu symptoms ‘must wear face masks’

  10-12-2025 20:24
  Exclusive: Experts warn mixed messaging from Daniel Elkeles causes confusion and could undermine public faith in official guidanceShould people wear a mask in public if they feel unwell with flu?An NHS leader who said people with flu symptoms “must wear” a face mask in public risks causing “confusion” among the public over official guidance on how to fight the virus, health experts have warned.The number of people in hospital with flu in England is at a record level for t
  
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• Deadly 'super flu' forces more schools to close and triggers hospital restrictions as experts warn of lethal symptoms

  10-12-2025 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the dangerous 'super flu'surges, hospitals and schools across the US are reinstating visitor limits and closures, with experts urging vigilance for symptoms.
  
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• The Birth Keepers: Death plan – episode six

  10-12-2025 19:59
  A backlash against FBS grows and Emilee and Yolande respond to the growing crisis. This is episode six of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
  The Guardian is able to do this kind of work because it has no billionaire owner. But it takes time. To help fund our journalism, consider supporting us at support.theguardian.com.Thank you for listening to The Birth Keepers. Continue reading...
  
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• The Birth Keepers: Growing an empire – episode four

  10-12-2025 19:58
  Within months of the death of Lorren’s baby, Journey Moon, and the public backlash against the Free Birth Society that followed, Emilee Saldaya took the FBS membership private, turning the business into a global multimillion dollar empire. This is episode four of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy OsborneContinue reading...
  
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• The Birth Keepers: FBS goes global – episode five

  10-12-2025 19:58
  Emilee and Yolande had grown an ideology and seeded it globally. A reach investigative reporters Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne could not have fathomed when they started reporting on the story. They set out to see just how far FBS has spread. This is episode five of a year-long investigationContinue reading...
  
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• The Birth Keepers: Journey Moon – episode three

  10-12-2025 19:56
  When Lorren Holliday got pregnant in 2018, she joined Emilee Saldaya’s Facebook group and quickly became hooked on the Free Birth Society podcasts. It was a decision that led to tragedy. This is episode three of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne Continue reading...
  
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• The Birth Keepers: When Emilee met Yolande – episode two

  10-12-2025 19:55
  Who is Emilee Saldaya, the woman behind the Free Birth Society movement? And how did she meet her business partner Yolande Norris-Clark? Do either woman have the credentials they are claiming? This is episode two of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne Continue reading...
  
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• The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one

  10-12-2025 19:54
  The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne Continue reading...
  
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• Resident doctors in England to consult on calling off strikes

  10-12-2025 19:26
  BMA says consultation on calling off action follows government offer to end ‘the jobs crisis for doctors’Resident doctors are to be consulted on whether or not to call off next week’s planned strike after receiving an offer from the government, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.Medics are due to strike for five days from 17 December because of the continuing row over pay and concerns over training places. Continue reading...
  
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• Ethical dilemmas raised by the assisted dying bill | Letters

  10-12-2025 19:04
  Dr Sarah Davies, Sarah McCulloch, Jean Farrer and Charlie King respond to articles on the progress of the bill and the role of hospicesThe opinion piece by Dave Sowry, a board member of My Death, My Decision, highlights the risks of treating autonomy as an ethical principle in isolation (I accompanied my wife to Dignitas. The Lords’ filibustering is an insult to all like her who have suffered, 3 December). While it is sad that he was widowed early, he and his wife were able to travel and m
  
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• Bullying in the NHS results from a systemic problem | Letter

  10-12-2025 19:02
  Until you create an environment where staff have access to all the necessary resources to do their job, you will not fix bullying, writes an anonymous former NHS workerI write in response to your article on Blackpool Victoria hospital (Leaked report reveals culture of bullying and harassment at scandal-hit NHS hospital, 3 December). I joined the NHS as a research fellow at a large teaching hospital after completing my PhD in public health. I wanted to make a more meaningful impact in the most de
  
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• The one-minute fitness hack to keep you from piling on holiday weight... and help build muscle without a gym membership

  10-12-2025 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the winter chill keeping people inside, a new home-based fitness trend is emerging as the secret weapon against seasonal weight gain.
  
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• Mother, 25, died after hospital staff failed to diagnose deadly pneumonia: 'We found her dead in her bed'

  10-12-2025 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A young mother died just hours after hospital staff failed to diagnose her as having pneumonia .
  
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• The new minute-long fitness trend that will keep you from gaining dreaded holiday weight

  10-12-2025 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the winter chill keeping people inside, a new home-based fitness trend is emerging as the secret weapon against seasonal weight gain.
  
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• I took ADHD pills and antidepressants for years. No one warned coming off them this fast would leave me in hell... the burning, the weight loss, I've never felt agony like this

  10-12-2025 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By the time she left her home in Philadelphia for college, Danielle was on 14 different medications every day.
  
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• Government makes desperate offer for militant doctors to call off strikes amid 'superflu' surge - as NHS bosses warn it's 'now or never' to get kids jabbed to protect grandparents this Christmas

  10-12-2025 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  in a last minute attempt to thwart the strike action, the Government has put forward an offer to the BMA, which they will now put to their members.
  
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• Scotland’s looser rules on assisted dying could lead to ‘death tourism’, say senior politicians

  10-12-2025 18:11
  Cross-party group of MSPs says bill going through Holyrood could attract people from elsewhere in UKSenior Scottish politicians fear there could be a risk of “death tourism” from terminally ill people travelling from other parts of the UK to end their lives in Scotland.A cross-party group of MSPs, including the deputy first minister, Kate Forbes, said the looser controls on eligibility written into an assisted dying bill for Scotland could attract people who are unhappy with stricter
  
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• NHS maternity shame as 1 in 5 women have their concerns dismissed during labour

  10-12-2025 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New mums and mums-to-be are often unable to get the help they need when using NHS maternity services or do not feel confident they are given the right advice.
  
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• Should people wear a mask in public if they feel unwell with flu?

  10-12-2025 17:47
  With NHS and No 10 advice differing, we look at best practice for flu prevention and protectionAn NHS leader has said people who are unwell with flu “must” wear a mask in public. A UK government official has said if you need to go out while sick, you should only “consider” wearing a mask.So what is the official advice, how serious is the threat posed by flu, and what should you do if have symptoms? Continue reading...
  
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• JENNI MURRAY: My mother was paralysed with terrible pain. Then came the awful day she begged me to kill her

  10-12-2025 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I had to explain I could not ask doctors to do that and I could not kill her myself. The act was illegal; I would no doubt spend a good deal of time in prison if I did succeed in ending her torment.
  
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• Been arrested? It might be because you have undiagnosed ADHD or autism, claim campaigners: 'Half of prisoners in London meet criteria'

  10-12-2025 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Half of prisoners in London are believed to have undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ), according to concerning research published today.
  
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• Popular Wegmans snack recalled over contamination with deadly bacteria

  10-12-2025 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popular snacks sold at Wegmans stores have been urgently in 10 states recalled over fears of deadly bacteria that can lead to bloody diarrhea, vomiting, bloodstream infections and death.
  
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• Scientists discover a key chemical in dark CHOCOLATE that may slow down ageing

  10-12-2025 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A key compound in cocoa reduces people's biological age, scientists at King's College London report.
  
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• Now six hospitals declare 'critical incidents' as 'superflu' sparks NHS meltdown: Health chiefs order patients to wear masks - and beg doctors to postpone 'reckless' strikes NEXT WEEK that could cause Christmas carnage

  10-12-2025 14:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bosses fear the 'calculated' disruption - at a time when hospital staffing rotas are 'very fragile' because of upcoming Christmas holidays and winter illness - will cause 'mayhem'.
  
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• As author Sophie Kinsella, 55, dies from a brain tumour, doctors reveal subtle symptoms that could mean you too are living with deadly cancer - and pinpoint the changes that could reveal the POSITION of the tumour

  10-12-2025 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Author Sophie Kinsella has died, 19-months after revealing she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
  
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• Superflu carnage sparks NHS meltdown fears as health chiefs beg doctors to postpone 'reckless' strikes in middle of terrifying outbreak

  10-12-2025 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lives will be put at risk because of record-breaking flu hospitalisations and 'reckless' doctor strikes, officials have warned.
  
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• Incredible transformations of men who've lost HALF their body weight - without jabs: Danny shed 7 stone. Tariq lost 9 and Michael 11. Now they tell their life-changing secret - and the miracle for their health

  10-12-2025 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Tariq Wright had to give up his dancing dream at the age of 24 because he was told he was too fat to perform, he was devastated. At his heaviest he weighed a massive 19st 10lb.
  
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• I'm struggling with arthritis, what can I do to ease the pain? DR PHILIPPA KAYE reveals the cheap natural supplements that will reduce your swelling and your joint agony

  10-12-2025 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are a number of supplements shown in studies to help ease osteoarthritis pain - but these need to be combined with lifestyle changes.
  
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