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Getty Images Diseases like pneumonia and flu must be taken much more seriously in older people, England’s chief medical officer has warned. Sir Chris Whitty said some doctors do not appreciate that an infection can significantly increase the risk of a stroke or heart attack. NHS data shows that adults over 70 are much more…

BBC Chief executive Ifti Majid apologised to staff and said the money was not a good use of charitable funds An under-fire NHS trust has apologised after using money from charitable funds to throw a leaving party for its former chairman. Cash from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s charitable operations was applied for and used…

Angie BrownEdinburgh and East reporter Kat Denisi Kat is now cancer-free but is now struggling with the symptoms of medically-induced menopause When Kat Denisi was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 she was put into a medically-induced menopause to stop her hormones fuelling the tumour. The set designer also underwent radiotherapy, which left her with…

Paul O’Hare,BBC Scotlandand Lisa Summers,Scotland health and social care correspondent John Cuddihy says the bacterial infection had a ‘devastating’ impact on daughter Molly The father of a woman whose death is being investigated by prosecutors said a health board was “warned for years” about issues with a major hospital’s water system that it has now…