Parents of gravely ill child refused respite care

The mum of a five-year-old boy with a rare form of dementia has to pay almost £3m for his life saving treatment. Tate McDaid, from Swansea, was diagnosed with Sanfilippo Syndrome – a form of dementia that just over 100 UK children have – when he was four. In September, the first gene therapy to…

Jonathan Coffey BBC Panorama BBC Listen to Jonathan read this article. When it comes to the Lucy Letby case, there are two parallel universes. In one, the question of her guilt is settled. She is a monster who murdered seven babies and attempted to murder seven more while she was a nurse at the Countess…

Jenny ReesWales health correspondent Athika Ahmed Molly Fenton and Athika Ahmed want better education on women’s health issues in school Young women say they were taught how to open a bank account in school, but not how to change a tampon or spot signs of cancer. “As a person from an ethnic minority background, in…

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Side effects of different antidepressants have been ranked for the first time, revealing huge differences between drugs. Academics looked at the impact medications had on patients in the first eight weeks after starting treatment, with some causing patients to gain up to 2kg in weight or vary heart…