30+ min ago   (338+ words) A family whose son died from a cardiac arrest have said they hope a new defibrillator installed in his memory will "give someone the chance he didn't have". After Sam Polledri died aged 24 in Bristol in 2022, his family set up…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (611+ words) "For me it's about awareness more than anything." An Ashbourne woman whose late husband had cancer three times is raising her voice as part of the newly-formed It Starts With You choir. Bernadette Packer, 66, lost her husband Ian three years…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (344+ words) A care team from a children's hospice hope to raise £200,000 by running a half marathon dressed as beds. Four runners from Helen and Douglas House in Oxford will take on the Oxford Half, aiming to raise enough money to pay…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (697+ words) At 26, Niamh Foster never imagined that she would have a stroke. With no family history of the disease, the keen runner and former competitive swimmer attributed a month of headaches and fatigue to the stress of moving home and preparing…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (323+ words) A new fast-track cardiology unit has cut inpatient admissions by 25% in its first three weeks and provided "extremely encouraging" results, a hospital trust has said. The same day emergency care unit, which opened at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill in…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1701+ words) Cakes. Holidays. Great music. All enjoyable things to think about. Financial planning for your end of life care? Not so much. Perhaps this explains why it can come as a major shock when people arrive at the later stages of…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (978+ words) Hundreds of orthopaedic patients - mostly children - were harmed at a major hospital. Some will never fully recover. What do we know and what questions remain unanswered? In early 2025 surgeon Kuldeep Stohr was suspended by Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge - the East…...

9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1244+ words) Ella can't remember when she first started grinding her teeth at night, but she can vividly recall the excruciating jaw ache, the headaches, and being told her molars were disappearing. "I was in so much pain," Ella says. "My face…...