Planned Caesarean births have doubled in 20 years in Scotland

There were more than 8,000 elective Caesareans in Scotland last year – the highest total on record.

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Nurses’ strike: How much do you know about their pay? Try our quiz

The BBC’s Laura Foster tests your knowledge in this video quiz, with five questions on nurses’ pay.

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Intensive care delirium: ‘I hallucinated that I’d been kidnapped’

Jan Ehtash endured strange and unsettling visions as she battled Covid in a south London hospital.

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UK to send 24 ambulances to Ukraine, says foreign secretary during visit

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for talks with President Zelensky.

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Universal flu vaccine could counter future pandemic

Animal trials, using the same mRNA technology as successful Covid vaccines, have gone well, scientists say.

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Nurses to strike for two days before Christmas

Royal College of Nursing members are set to stage their biggest-ever NHS walkout on 15 and 20 December.

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Ashford bacteria outbreak: Primary school pupil dies with infection

A second child is taken to hospital and pupils and staff are being prescribed antibiotics.

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Ulster Hospital: Bed pressures ‘worse than during Covid’

A senior hospital manager says it is difficult to secure community care for vulnerable discharged patients.

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Patients dying as ambulances face crippling delays in England

Warning by NHS bosses as nearly three in 10 crews caught in queues outside A&E in England last week.

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Cost of living: Patients refuse sick notes over lost pay worry – GPs

GPs say there is clear evidence of the negative impact of the cost of living on patients’ health.

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