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Ambulance calls for most serious conditions hit record
Official figures from NHS England suggest high demand for emergency services and hospitals.
Monkeypox: Lack of vaccines pauses rollout in Brighton
Stocks of the vaccine run low in the UK, with a new batch not due to arrive until next month.
NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers
Its IT provider says it may take three or four weeks to fully recover from the cyber-attack.
Urgent polio boosters for London children
Nearly a million children, aged one to nine, will be offered a jab in the next month after virus found in sewage.
'I've been let down - I shouldn't have stage-4 cancer'
Caroline Boulton says there have been delays at every stage of her treatment for breast cancer.
UK heatwave: Four-day extreme heat warning for parts of UK
The Met Office says temperatures will be below July's record highs - but this heatwave will last longer.
Backlog of longest-wait patients slashed in England
Thousands waiting more than two years for scans, checks and surgery have finally been treated.
Camhs deaths expose child mental health unit pressures
Chelsea Mooney was 17 when she died in a Camhs unit last year, following a self-harm incident.
US doctor issues warning of many undiagnosed polio cases
The New York State medic says there could be hundreds, or even thousands, of infected people there.
Full extent of NHS dentistry shortage revealed by far-reaching BBC research
Nine in 10 UK dentists are not accepting new adult patients, while eight in 10 are refusing children.

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Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
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