What we know about the Reading Meningitis B cases

“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.

The Melodies for Mums classes in south London started in 2017 and now take on more than 400 women a year Specially designed singing classes are clinically effective at treating mums with postnatal depression, a major three-year study has found. The authors say they could also be cost effective for the NHS at a time…

Amarjit Matharoo, whose daughter Asees was stillborn in January 2024, said it “has been a long, drawn-out, and emotionally draining process to get the assurances that this investigation will be handled with the appropriate methodology and care that it needs”.

EPA Sir Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to go ahead with “reckless” strikes planned for next week, saying it is “beyond belief” they could take place during a flu outbreak. The prime minister said the NHS is in its “most precarious moment” since the coronavirus pandemic due to soaring flu cases across the…