Health

A radical new treatment for a rare type of childhood cancer will now be made available on the NHS. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has recommended the drug – after evidence it could increase survival chances for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma. A course of treatment can cost around £150,000 – but a deal with…

On the NHS’ 70th birthday, Cathy Newman is with some of those who use and work in the health service every day at Queen’s Hospital in Romford.

We are in Queen’s Hospital in Romford, where baby Ezra was born today. He shares his birthday with a 70-year-old: the National Health Service.

Detectives are searching the home of a nurse arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of six others. The 28-year-old was arrested as part of a long-running investigation into the deaths at a hospital in Cheshire.

The NHS is celebrating its 70th birthday. To mark the occasion Channel 4 News has heard from the people who were there at the very beginning – a nurse, a patient and a surgeon who was working in 1948 and remarkably is still working in the health service today. And we have also spoken to Aneira…

23 year old medical student Leanne Armitage set up an outreach programme to tell pupils in inner city London – whatever their background – they too can become doctors. She joins Jackie Long in the studio to discuss diversity in the medical profession.

NHS England says a hundred thousand “unneccessary procedures” a year could be cut back – to save money and minimise patient risk. Operations like breast reductions, tonsil removal and varicose vein treatment will only take place where there is good reason, as health chiefs said in most cases – alternative options work just as well.…

All this week Channel 4 News has been inside the busy emergency department of Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital. The health board that runs it has some of the worst waiting times in Wales and a multi-million pound deficit. Through the lens of emergency medicine doctor and film-maker Saleyha Ahsan, we’ve seen first hand the constant struggle…

We asked the A&E doctor and filmmaker Saleyha Ahsan to show us the day-to-day reality for staff and patients in her emergency department.

Damian Marley is a renowned reggae artist in his own right and the son of Bob Marley. The video for his recent single ‘Medication’ was filmed at his cannabis farm in California, which he co-owns and which produces cannabis oils, extracts and other products for medicinal use. Frank D’Ambrosio is one of the USA’s most vocal…

The NHS marks its 70th anniversary next week. The people who were babies at the time of its formation can look forward to longer life expectancy than their parents. But living longer brings its own set of complex medical challenges. We asked the A&E doctor Saleyha Ahsan to make a series of films about the…

It’s got kids obsessed, parents tearing their hair out and some schools calling for it to be banned. Fortnite is the video game of the year. It’s an astonishing success, but sparking lots of debate about gaming addiction, as the NHS opens its first clinic specialising in the condition. As a parent myself, I know…

The Home Office has announced that it is going to relax its own rules and allow more skilled workers from outside the European Union into the UK following complaints from bosses within the National Health Services about a recruitment crisis. At the moment, just over twenty thousand non-EU skilled workers are allowed in each year and…

A new study could transform treatment for women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer – by avoiding the need for chemotherapy altogether. It could affect three thousand women in the UK every year – news which charities have described as “wonderful”. And the new treatment could begin immediately.