Health news

‘Zero tolerance’ policing and tackling ‘woke madness’: Reform UK’s pledges at a glance

SNP manifesto 2024: What will party’s election promises be?

Labour Party manifesto 2024: Keir Starmer’s election promises

Dame Elizabeth Fradd, top children’s nurse who advised the NHS after the serial killer Beverley Allitt – obituary

Terminally ill British woman ends life by euthanasia on New Zealand beach

Tracy Hickman, who was battling breast cancer, had called for British Government to bring in new assisted dying laws

Vaping ‘driving nicotine use in young people who would not have smoked’

Researchers say smoking rates have barely fallen among 18 to 24-year-olds

Type two diabetes diagnosed before middle age up by 40pc

Diabetes ‘much more dangerous for men than women’

Alcohol units: What are they and how are they measured?

Introduced in 1987 to standardise how much we’re drinking, alcohol units can be surprising and confusing. Here’s what you need to know

Net zero efforts could cause rise in air pollution deaths

Landmark report warns attempts to make buildings more eco-friendly could prove fatal by making them airtight

How a Chelsea Pensioner created his own secret garden in the grounds of the Royal Hospital

A stone’s throw from the glamour of the Chelsea Flower Show, veteran Archie Ferguson’s green spaces bring solace to himself and others

Chris Whitty: NHS and Government need to do more to plan for rise in dementia cases

Chief medical officer says health service is not doing enough, with 1.6 million people set to suffer from the disease by 2040