Health

Deliveries of defibrillators begin today (20 January) to all state-funded schools in England that don’t currently have a life-saving device.

Last year, the government committed to supplying state-funded schools across England with defibrillators to make sure there is...

• 72% of UK adults have heard of ‘miscarriage’ (72%), but 28% are unfamiliar with the term
• Less than half (42%) say they would feel ‘very confident’ explaining what miscarriage means
• 71% have heard of stillbirths, but 29% do not know what this means
• Less than 1 in 10 people (9%) have heard of molar pregnancy, and less than half (43%) have heard of neonatal
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A leading South West fertility clinic is launching a patient forum aimed at giving women and couples currently undergoing treatment the chance to give detailed personal feedback to the people responsible for their care.

The team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM), which is based at Aztec West, has invited every patient treated in their new premises since it opened at...

People are being urged to have their flu and Covid-19 jabs, as an increasing number of children and adults are admitted to intensive care in the south west with flu.

The number of people admitted to hospital with flu in England has risen by 40% in the last week, as cases in the community rise.

NHS Devon’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Nigel...