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[ad_1] Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesMany fertility patients in the UK are being offered unnecessary add-on treatments that have little or no proof of improving the likelihood of pregnancy, a report suggests. Add-ons are optional, non-essential treatments some private clinics offer in addition to proven treatments, such in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).According to the regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) , 73% of 1,500 patients surveyed between September

[ad_1] Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent, BBC NewsPA MediaIda Lock died a week after she suffered serious brain injuries around the time of her deliveryAn NHS trust criticised over the avoidable death of a newborn baby was paid £2m for providing good maternity care, the BBC can reveal.A senior coroner ruled on Friday that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay (UHMB) NHS trust contributed to Ida Lock's death and had failed to

[ad_1] Greig WatsonBBC News, NottinghamPA MediaMaternity services at the trust are at the centre of the largest inquiry of its kind in the NHSThe healthcare watchdog has apologised over delays to the publication of its report into maternity services in Nottingham, which is subject of the largest inquiry of its kind in the NHS.Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections - in June and July - found seven breaches of regulation in

[ad_1] Ashlea TraceyBBC News, Isle of ManPAThere have been campaigners for and against the bill since it was brought forwardProposed laws to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to choose to end their own lives have been agreed by the Manx parliament.It means the bill can now be sent for Royal Assent, making it the first parliament in the British Isles to take this step.Under

[ad_1] The Dignity in Dying campaign group says more than 200 million people around the world have legal access to assisted dying, external. Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942. Its Dignitas facility - which accepts foreign patients as well as Swiss nationals. Between 1998 and 2023 it helped 571 Britons to die, external. Assisted suicide is also legal in Austria.In the US, 11 states - Oregon, California, New Mexico,

[ad_1] Katy PrickettBBC News, CambridgeshireJozef Hall/BBCStaff at Addenbrooke's Hospital raised concerns about care provided by their colleagueThe care received by 800 patients at a world-renowned NHS hospital is to be reviewed by expert clinicians after a specialist surgeon was suspended.Last month, it was reported the orthopaedic surgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, had been suspended after concerns were raised by colleagues in October.An initial review by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation

[ad_1] A number of High Street chemists and private clinics sell and administer the Pfizer Covid vaccine directly to the public. The cost per single dose varies but is typically between £75 and £99. You need to be aged 12 or above, and must not have had a Covid vaccine in the previous three months. You also need to talk to a health professional to check that it is suitable.

[ad_1] Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesOropouche virus, spread by biting midges and some mosquitoes, is on the listThe UK has a new watch list of 24 infectious diseases that could pose the greatest future threat to public health. Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - while others are illnesses that have no existing treatments or could cause significant harm. Avian, or bird, flu is

[ad_1] Andrew RogersBBC NewsbeatBBCMax shared his recent gonorrhoea diagnosis online and wants to end some of the stigma around the STIMax was in the shower when he got a call few would want. "My phone is connected to a speaker in the shower. That goes off, and I'm like: 'Oh no'," he says.He was told he'd tested positive for gonorrhoea.His was one of more than 85,000 cases in England last