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First UK baby born using three people’s DNA

A groundbreaking IVF procedure was performed by doctors in Newcastle which has allowed for the birth of the first ever UK baby using three people’s DNA.

Headlines Social Care Management

Unaddressed weaknesses in social care affected the COVID-19 response

Care Headlines

Antibiotics to be prescribed at pharmacies under new GP plan

Headlines Health

Coroner warns Barclay of impact of care home and hospital shortages, report shows

Families Headlines

Mothers missing out on mental health support due to insecure funding, report finds

Care Headlines

Medical cannabis ‘effective’ for helping cancer pain, study shows

Headlines Health

Private healthcare is not a silver bullet for cutting NHS wait times, study finds

Headlines Physical Disabilities

Wales launches 24-hour support for families living with neurodivergent conditions

Children Headlines

Not too cool for school: pupils set to keep classrooms warm

A new Welsh primary school opened its doors to pupils this week and has become the first institution of its kind to be heated by ‘kiddywatts’.

Adult Headlines

Beginning of the end of Alzheimer’s? New drug slows the disease by a third

Care Headlines

Value of unpaid care in England and Wales exceeds England’s NHS budget, report finds

Care Headlines

Ombudsman condemns care firm for threatening and abusive complaint response

Headlines Health

NHS strikes: pay deal signed off for one million workers

Headlines Physical Disabilities

To infinity and beyond: world’s first disabled astronaut rides the ‘vomit comet’

Children Headlines

‘Considerable’ number of young people unknowingly suffer with high blood pressure

Headlines Health

Recreational vaping banned under major Australian public health move