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Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist

‘Emma’ the Rotherham chatbot has 17 languages says AI firm – but health watchdog says system struggling with local ‘twangs’

Mark Brown North of England correspondent20 Aug

Stop putting women through brutal hysteroscopies without pain relief

Letter: The medical system is biased against women, says Carole Kendall, pointing to the very different way men who have colonoscopies are treated

19 Aug

Contemplating death helps us to really value life

Letters: Say the thing, mend the relationship, share the story – and then get on with living, says end-of-life doula Rebecca Jo-Rushdy, while Jane Andrew thinks EM Forster said it best

18 Aug

One person dead and more than 200 ill in UK salmonella outbreak

UKHSA rules out British produce as source of infections and says evidence points to consumption of imported eggs

Denis Campbell Health policy editor18 Aug

I was abused as a child – and thought I had healed. Then I began drinking in lockdown

Decades after being sexually abused, the author and doctor Frank Spinelli believed he had moved on emotionally. But alcohol destroyed his sense of security. He describes how he confronted his shame

Emine Saner18 Aug

Extreme heat more dangerous for people 60 and over than previously thought

Study finds older adults could face harmful heat stress at just 1.5C of warming above preindustrial levels

Denis Campbell Health policy editor17 Aug

All aboard the cervical screening bus: how NHS clinic-on-wheels is saving lives

Exclusive: With no appointment needed and a relaxed environment, bus clinic encourages more women to be checked

Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent17 Aug

‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?

There are more than 70,000 hysteroscopies every year in England alone. The NHS calls them ‘low complexity’ – yet a shocking number of patients complain of inadequate pain relief and medical staff who refuse to take them seriously

Anna Moore16 Aug

‘Dangerously hostile’: heatwaves leave hospital wards unsafe, data reveals

Figures disclosed by 33 NHS trusts show temperatures on wards during July rose above 28C limit set by NHS England

Denis Campbell Health policy editor15 Aug

‘We’re seeing lots of people who feel dizzy’: how heatwaves are taking a toll on people’s health and the NHS

Doctors and nurses describe rise in fall injuries and other heat-related problems on top of stifling working conditions

Denis Campbell and Tobi Thomas14 Aug

Food Standards Agency should do more in the fight against ultra-processed foods

Letter: Mike Pender responds to an article by Felicity Lawrence in which she reflects on why food firms are panicking and suing

13 Aug

‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives

When he saw a messy yard being criticised on social media, Stephen Jalland grabbed his trimmer and decided to help. An overgrown garden, he discovered, often hides an overwhelmed owner

Emily Retter11 Aug

Mental health: one step forward and two steps back?

Letters: Dr Kate Martin is encouraged by the new network of community clinics, while Prof Dr John R Ashton says the forthcoming mental health strategy is an opportunity to grasp the nettle, while Marjorie Wallace expresses concerns about plans to cut mental health jobs in the NHS

10 Aug

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Health stories

Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist

Stop putting women through brutal hysteroscopies without pain relief

Contemplating death helps us to really value life

One person dead and more than 200 ill in UK salmonella outbreak

I was abused as a child – and thought I had healed. Then I began drinking in lockdown

Extreme heat more dangerous for people 60 and over than previously thought

All aboard the cervical screening bus: how NHS clinic-on-wheels is saving lives

‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?

‘Dangerously hostile’: heatwaves leave hospital wards unsafe, data reveals

‘We’re seeing lots of people who feel dizzy’: how heatwaves are taking a toll on people’s health and the NHS

Food Standards Agency should do more in the fight against ultra-processed foods

‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives

Mental health: one step forward and two steps back?

Breast cancer screening guidelines discriminate against families like mine

‘Babies will be born in laybys’: maternity cuts leave women with stark choices in Devon

Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cuts

‘It can make you psychotic or give you a cardiac arrest’: why are so many children vaping the ‘prison drug’ spice?

NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper

Study finds three midlife health factors that could delay dementia for 13 years

Women must not be put under pressure to have ‘ideal birth’, says Yvette Cooper

Social care is for us all, and we all must fund it

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