Doctors

Emma Whitehead with her pet cat Sox. The Downpatrick woman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer

Emma shares her ovarian cancer symptoms

Dr Alex Allinson who proposed the Assisted Dying Bill in the Isle of Man.

Isle of Man takes further steps towards assisted dying

Pope Francis is being treated in hospital.

Pope awake after early stages of kidney failure detected

Patients regularly ask when they can have sex again

'Low impact' sex guide for injured lovers recovering from surgery

GP surgeries will be closing their doors for Christmas - this is where to go if you need to see a doctor.

Where to go if you need medical care at Christmas

Water beads have been linked to deaths in children abroad and caused serious harm to children in the UK.

Doctors issue warning over giving water beads as a gift to children

Matthew and Lindsay Ace with their four-year-old daughter Aine and 14-month-old son Iarla at their family home in Castlecaulfield near Dungannon, Co Tyrone. Iarla, an odds-defying baby boy who weighed just 1lb 10oz at birth is set for his first taste of Christmas dinner after having a feeding tube removed ahead of the festive season.

Premature baby boy who beat the odds is set for his first Christmas dinner

MPs gathered to hear the result of the vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

What happens next with the assisted dying bill?

Morning View

Editorial: MPs should reject this plan for assisted suicide

Robin Swann, the former health minister (PA)

Stormont's ex-health minister comes out strongly against assisted dying

Doctors has been a daytime staple on BBC1 since 2000

Thursday TV choice: Doctors (BBC1, 2pm)

DUP MLA Paul Frew is calling for a new duty of candour law for Northern Ireland's health system. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

DUP: Change law to force medics to come clean

Not all doctors are comfortable with ‘assisted dying’. How do medics involved with deliberate lethal injection of the dying live with their consciences? asks James Hardy

Letter: ‘Assisted suicide’ is a much more appropriate phrase

Christine Murphy with Malone College students

Award winning screenwriter inspires students at Malone Integrated College

Wednesday TV choice: Anna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia (Channel 4, 10pm)

Morning View

Editorial: If anyone was due a pay rise in NI, NHS consultants were
News Letter editorial on Saturday August 24 2024:
Editorial

Danni Cooper was left unable to walk or talk after cost of living stress triggered a rare neurological condition.

Watch: Money stress triggered woman’s rare neurological condition

Alicia Reid and Ryan Reid.

Watch: Audio reveals moment hero boy, 8, saved mum's life calling 999

Expert reveals why we shouldn't rely on voice assistants for medical advice. (Photo: Pexels, Jonathan Borba)

Tech expert warns against using voice assistants for medical advice

Almost a quarter of people do not know the difference between a physicians associate and a doctor a new poll has discovered. (Photo: Pexel/Etatics Inc)

What is the difference between a physician associate and a doctor?

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has welcomed the BMA NI Consultant Committee’s decision to recommend the Department’s proposed 2024/25 pay offer for consultants to its membership

BMA consultants in Northern Ireland invited to accept 5.26% pay uplift

Dr Stout takes commences his role as chair of BMA’s Northern Ireland council from July 11

Dr Alan Stout elected as new chair of BMA’s Northern Ireland council

Here are 8 top tips from our experts on how to stay healthy at Glastonbury Festival. (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images, NENAD MIHAJLOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

How to stay well at Glastonbury and avoid these 8 common mishaps

Jonny McCambridge's son was in hospital 10 years ago, pictured, due to febrile convulsions. By coincidence, a decade later, his son was again in hospital, but thankfully this time the ordeal lasted just hours, not days

Jonny McCambridge: Ten years since traumatic day and we’re back in hospital

Richard Ross from Co Down had a heart attack in his 40s

Fit and healthy Co Down man on having a heart attack in his 40s

Dr Hilary Cass has recently been advised not to use public transport

Philip McGarry: Words matter when it comes to the transgender debate

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced a £9m in dental access initiatives for 2024/25

Health Minister Robin Swann invests £9m in dental access
Health Minister Robin Swann has announced a £9.2million investment in dental access initiatives for 2024/25, plus a 6% pay uplift for dentists for the current financial year.
Johnny McNabb

Letters to editor

Letter: Pay and conditions for doctors must be addressed as a matter of urgency

Junior doctors form a picket line at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast as they take part in a one-day strike over pay. Photo by Jonathan Porter/Press Eye

'Simply not viable': Economist rubbishes striking doctors' pay claim

Morning View

Editorial: Doctors do deserve better package but should not be striking

Some GP surgeries are now down to just one or two doctors

Sandra Chapman on the crisis in the NHS

Uber and Uber Eats offer NHS staff working over Christmas free food and travel

NHS workers can claim free travel at Christmas thanks to Uber

Dawn Schamely, 40, spent eight months in agony after her C-section scar became infected. (Picture: SWNS)

"My C-sec scar became infected - I spent eight months in agony"

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

Medical consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside University College Hospital (UCL) in London amid their dispute with the government over pay.

Sandra Chapman: Can the economy afford pay rises?

Stock image of woman holding her head in pain

World first as ‘alive and wriggling’ worm found in woman’s brain

A judge has ruled that medics can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to the man, who is in his early 50s and in a coma, after a trial in a specialist court

Wife of brain-damaged evangelical pastor loses life-support treatment fight

Sir David Jason apologises after missing fan event for health reasons

Radiographers to ballot for strike action in pay dispute with health service

A family statement confirmed Bryan Randall died after secretly battling Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Credit: Getty

Sandra Bullock's longtime partner dead at 57 after secret ALS battle

Anita Carey played Brenda Summers and Joyce Smudley in Coronation Street between 1978 and 1997, as well as a starring role in Doctors - Credit: BBC

Coronation Street and Doctors star dead at 75 after cancer battle

Glenn Lilley after she fell face first into the door as she collapsed before the tumour was discovered.

Woman with brain tumour wakes up thinking she’s 28 years younger

Jessy Williams with her daughter Sky

Mum has one of smallest babies ever born in UK - weighing 350g

Susan Morrison ‘showed solidarity’ with junior doctors

Junior doctors in England start their 5 day walkout

A book has been created for parents and caregivers - so they can be well-equipped, should they have to perform CPR on a child

A book has been created to teach parents CPR

Meghan Trainor has welcomed her second child with husband Daryl Sabara named Barry Bruce (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Meghan Trainor welcomes second baby and he has a surprising name

Katie Price reveals ADHD diagnosis & says her ‘brain is wired differently

‘My brain is wired differently’ - Katie Price reveals health diagnosis

Sky News host breaks down live on air after discussing cancer battle

Warning as most common day to have severe heart attack revealed

Serious heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday than at any other time, research has suggested. The study found that the likelihood of a heart attack occurring on a Monday was 13% greater than expected

Fatal heart attacks more common on a Monday, research suggests

Melissa Kinsella was returning home from a family holiday in Turkey when she collapsed and had a seizure. Credit: GoFundMe

Mum-of-three fighting for life in Turkey after collapsing at airport

Women are embarrassed by talking about their bodies

Over a fifth of women feel embarrassed to speak about their own bodies

New plans would allow more doctors and nurses to receive their training "on the job" rather than via the traditional university route.

Student doctors told to skip university to solve the NHS staff crisis

GB News is located within The Point at Paddington, north London

GB News in breach of Ofcom rules for second time

The Demon Headmaster’s Terrence Hardiman dies aged 86

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