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Jul 30, 2021

When England dropped almost all Covid restrictions nearly two weeks ago, people piled into venues and businesses and hospitality celebrated what felt like the end of the pandemic and a new beginning following the success of the vaccine rollout.

But for some with complex health conditions, it felt like it was starting...


Jul 28, 2021

The Covid pandemic has seen NHS staff become heroes as they worked round the clock to save lives and ensure the system didn't buckle.

But the focus on coronavirus has left many patients waiting for surgery that has had to be postponed.

In the second episode of our two-part series on the NHS in crisis, we ask whether...


Jul 26, 2021

It's been an unprecedented year for our national health service, the first global pandemic to hit during its 73-year existence.

But is the worst yet to come? With a waiting list of five million cancelled surgeries and GPs flooded by patients wanting appointments. Can the NHS cope with the backlog caused by the...


Jul 23, 2021

In the UK there is a general 24-week time limit to have an abortion.
 
But if the fetus has a substantial risk of having a series physical or mental disabilities once born, that time limit does not apply. 
 
A woman with Down's Syndrome is leading a high court case to challenge these laws. 
 
Today's episode of The...


Jul 22, 2021

Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury, Telford and East Kent.

Those are the names of hospital trusts where the failures in maternity care have been exposed. And now, sadly, there’s one more – Nottingham University Trust.

A joint investigation by Channel 4 News and Shaun Lintern at The Independent exposed a maternity service...