Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent at BBC
BBC health correspondent, Royal TV Society and Medical Journalists' Assoc award winner. Interested in NHS, public health and social care. Views are my own.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Nick Triggle |Philippa Roxby
Women using weight-loss jabs have been warned that they must use effective contraception because of fears the medicines could harm an unborn baby. Wegovy and Mounjaro jabs are currently only available on the NHS through specialist weight management clinics, but they can also be bought privately. The drugs will be offered to millions of the most obese people on the NHS over the next few years, but experts warn services are already struggling to deal with unprecedented demand.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Nick Triggle
Greater awareness not more cases behind ADHD surge, study suggestsGetty ImagesADHD is not becoming more common despite the surge in people being diagnosed, research suggests. The review, led by King's College London, looked at 40 studies in 17 countries and found no clear evidence rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had risen since 2020, despite rising diagnoses and longer waits for assessment.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Nick Triggle
Disposable vape ban begins but will teens quit? Getty ImagesThe ban on the sale of single-use disposable vapes will come into force on Sunday across the UK, aimed at protecting children's health and the environment. It means shops and supermarkets will no longer be able to stock them - but they can still sell rechargeable or refillable devices. Disposable vapes have been cited as a key driver in the rise in youth vaping, while every year five million vapes are thrown away.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Hugh Pym |Nick Triggle
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged doctors in England to "vote no" in a ballot on industrial action which gets under way on Tuesday. In a BBC interview, he urged resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, to "work with the government" and warned strikes risked hampering the progress being made in the NHS. He said it was in no-one's interests for strikes to take place.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Paul Seddon |Nick Triggle
Doctors and teachers in England have been handed a 4% pay rise after the government accepted salary recommendations from pay review bodies. Education unions have broadly welcomed the decision, while warning of cuts to school budgets without extra funding to cover costs. But health unions have reacted angrily after a smaller rise of 3.6% was announced for other NHS staff, including nurses and midwives.
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