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England’s NHS will offer free finger-prick cholesterol tests at high-street pharmacies for people aged 40-84, aiming to reduce heart disease and stroke deaths by a quarter within the next decade.

The trial of Lindsay Clancy, accused of killing her three children, has highlighted gaps in understanding postpartum psychosis, a severe psychiatric illness that affects an estimated one to two per 1,000 women after delivery.

Nearly 73% of UK A&E staff experience violence or aggression daily or weekly, with 96% reporting abuse from patients, according to a Royal College of Emergency Medicine survey.

A major independent review into maternity services at University Hospitals Sussex has launched, led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, following campaigns by bereaved families concerned about preventable infant deaths.

Families of terminally ill individuals featured in a campaign for assisted dying legislation recall their loved ones’ deaths as an assisted dying bill returns to Parliament for debate.

UK health minister expresses concern about public mistrust of Palantir as tens of thousands of patients withdraw their medical data from NHS research projects, raising questions about the US company’s £330m contract.

An inquest found that staff at an NHS mental health unit in east London slept, falsified records, and were on their phones when a patient was fatally attacked by another patient in 2023.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver a keynote address at a Children’s Health Defense conference in Washington this week, marking his first public appearance with the anti-vaccine organization he previously led.