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Disposable vape ban: I buy my kids vapes to control their addiction
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Make a Difference Awards: Mums’ support group ‘buzzing’ at award nomination
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Shropshire and Leeds hospitals dropped from national maternity review
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The family donating kidneys to their siblings
Posted on“When people say to you, ‘what have you done in your life?’ I can at least fall back on this and say I’ve saved someone’s life.” In December, Christopher Schuman, from Reading, donated his kidney to his brother Jeremy, who believes he was at “death’s door”. Tap here to read more
Why are fewer people donating their organs?
Posted on“What we’ve always said is talk to your loved one, make a decision and sign on the register, because we know when a patient has opted in and had those conversations, consent is much higher in those circumstances,” said Harpreet Matharu, an organ donation specialist nurse for the NHS.
