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IN FOCUS: As MPs call on parliament to vote over decriminalising abortion, one woman tells Bel Trew how the traumatic premature birth of her baby was exacerbated by a year-long police investigation

A new study has highlighted the complex emotions and ethical dilemmas of learning your future risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Among 274 healthy research participants from the US aged 65 and over, 40% declined to receive their personal risk estimates – despite having initially expressed an interest in doing so.

Nurses said the trend of people travelling abroad for procedures such as weight loss surgery and dental amendments is likely to grow.

Laura Burr is now campaigning for mandatory NHS health checks for young adults

Public accounts committee called the record sum ‘jaw-dropping’ and criticised inaction to reduce errors in a damning report

Committee warns that Department of Health ‘lacks a grip’ on the state of its finances as NHS pays out £12bn for clinical negligence claims in five years

New research finds Wegovy can reduce risk of heart attack, early death and stroke within three months of treatment

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The public accounts committee points out that the health service pays out nearly 2 per cent of its annual budget to compensate for clinical negligence. But that does not deal with the underlying cause of the problem

Major supermarket to end discounted prices for emergency workers later this month

‘If I have one day off, if I can get in the shower and make myself breakfast, I see that as an accomplishment,’ said Hadid

Latvia mother is bringing legal challenge against health department over NHS treatment charge