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Call the Midwife fans praise ‘beautiful’ finale after beloved character’s shock death

The series 15 finale of Call the Midwife featured the emotional death of Sister Monica Joan, a beloved character for 14 years, after her health deteriorated and she decided to stop her medication. Her passing was depicted with a poignant vision of Sister Evangelina, who guided her into the afterlife,…

The Independent UK

As "Trimester Zero" Trends - Is Our Obsession With Optimising Our Fertility Helpful or Harmful?

In a word that tracks everything, has fertility become the next thing to optimise?

Marie Claire

Monday briefing: How are Iranians abroad grappling with loss and uncertainty from afar?

In today’s newsletter: Across the Iranian diaspora, reactions to the escalating conflict reveal a complex mix of fear, grief and deep political ambivalence

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Cancer death rates hit historic new low across the UK, study shows

Cancer Research UK data suggests death rates have fallen by 11 per cent

The Independent UK

Cancer death rate in Britain down by almost a third since 1980s

Huge improvements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment have driven the fall, Cancer Research UK says

The Guardian - UK

NHS England pauses new referrals for masculinising or feminising hormone treatment in under-18s

Review finds evidence does not back use of treatment for 16 and 17-year-olds with gender incongruence or dysphoria

The Guardian - UK

Gender-affirming hormone treatment for children halted by NHS

The treatment has been available on the NHS for 16 and 17-year-olds with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria but is being paused from Monday.

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Martha’s rule may have saved 400 lives so far in England, figures show

Exclusive: System brought in after death of 13-year-old is helping ‘transform culture’ of NHS, says patient safety director

The Guardian - UK

NHS is letting women down through ‘medical misogyny’, says Wes Streeting

Exclusive: Mumsnet survey shows half of female patients feel they have been ignored or dismissed by medics

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m 34 and thought I just had stomach cramps – but it was stage 4 cancer’

Kirsty Laing’s shocking diagnosis has led her to launch a campaign for the bowel cancer screening age to be lowered from 50 to 30

The Independent UK

Doctor says ‘we must do better’ as poll shows most women don't know how menopause can impact mental health

A poll found that many more people associate menopause with hot flushes than with conditions like anxiety and depression, even though they are common

Woman & Home

Families say infected blood scandal compensation scheme creates ‘penalty for dying’

Charities warn estates of victims who died before the scheme began are losing hundreds of thousands in financial loss payments

The Guardian - UK

Is Call the Midwife ending for good? Season 16 update issued by show’s creators

Fans might not get the news they were hoping for when it comes to the beloved series' future

Woman & Home

‘My ADHD was missed until I was almost 40 – women are struggling and underdiagnosed’

Kat Frize said she faced several challenges throughout her life before getting her ‘life-changing’ ADHD diagnosis, with experts warning women and girls remain severely underdiagnosed

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Meet the brand making slings and hospital gowns chic

‘Modern medical apparel’ label Tonic is on a mission to restore dignity — and style — to treatment and recovery

The Independent UK

Mum-of-three with MND hears her own voice again thanks to AI technology

Around 80 per cent of people with motor neurone disease (MND) lose their ability to speak

The Independent UK

‘My husband spent two days on a trolley in overrun A&E – weeks later he died from a deadly brain infection’

Tom Frith and his wife were told he could not have an MRI that might have detected the deadly brain condition he had, because it was the weekend – weeks later, he was dead

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: It’s been a rough year – so thank you to our politicians for giving me plenty to write about

I’ve lost count of the number of sketches I wrote from the chemo ward as Jill went through the hell of cancer treatment

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Experts rubbish Wes Streeting’s claim ADHD is overdiagnosed in the UK

‘Alarmist’ rhetoric around overdiagnosis of the condition could ‘deny’ people the care they need, a team of experts has warned

The Guardian - UK

This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?

The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’

Head of government-commissioned review says adult social care is held together by ‘sticking plasters and glue’

The Independent UK

Family urges NHS to approve new cancer treatment that could offer ‘normal life’

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The Guardian - UK

Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar

Briton with cancer operated on by doctor located 1,500 miles away using four-armed robot fitted with 3D camera

The Independent UK

NHS urged to approve new treatment for aggressive cancer after tumours shrink in size

Huw Jones died in February after suffering from bile duct cancer. His family believe that without zanidatamab, they would not have been able to spend a year together as a family of three

The Independent UK

Inside UK’s first remote robotic surgery as surgeon operates on prostate cancer patient 2,400km away

A surgeon in London performed the operation on Paul Buxton, a 62-year-old based in Gibraltar

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