Women with endometriosis face systemic misogyny

Branwen JeffreysEducation Editor and Erica Witherington BBC When lockdown started, college student Sam was living with his mum because his parents were separated. Then his dad died unexpectedly, leaving him feeling that “something had been stolen” from him. His experience is one of many being highlighted as the Covid-19 public inquiry prepares to look at…

Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman have accused the Covid inquiry of an “establishment cover-up” after their second attempt to be given an official role in the inquiry was rejected. The couple claimed they were the targets of a “politically motivated witch hunt” after the inquiry’s chairwoman, Baroness Hallett, refused their application to be…

Emergency service teams, local councils and government officials will take part in a full, multi-day pandemic preparedness exercise, to help the UK prepare for potential future threats. The test, which is likely to take place in the autumn, will involve thousands of people across different parts of the UK, minister Pat McFadden has announced. The…

Andy GiddingsShropshire and Victoria ScheerLeeds Getty Images The “rapid review” is now focusing on 12 English NHS trusts, with a report due by December Two NHS trusts have been removed from a review of maternity failings across England. Trusts in Shropshire and Leeds have been dropped from the government’s rapid reviews of “failures in the…

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