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The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow has been given approval. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK's first drug consumption room gets approval to open in Glasgow

Amanda Henry lost her 78-year-old father Robert Christie Devlin Henry to Covid-19 in April 2020.

Legal action after dad dies with Covid-19 in nursing home

Edwin van der Sar moved to Fulham from Juventus (Image: Getty Images)

Ex Fulham star Edwin van der Sar in hospital after brain haemorrhage

Hugh Grierson visited Queen Elizabeth Hospital in south-east London after being bitten in a bizarre attack - and faced an eight-hour A&E wait. (Photo SWNS)

Man’s eight-hour A&E waits after ‘biting’ attack

Michael Gottlieb, right, with Rivka, centre, and her daughter, left. Credit: Rivka Gottlieb

Covid-19 victim’s daughter says Partygate video is ‘painful’

Morgan is a huge Spurs fan

‘Smiley’ Spurs and Wrexham fan facing heartbreaking cancer battle

St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London. (Photo by Google Maps)

‘Damaging for the health of hundreds of thousands of people’

A City of London Police officer in Bishopsgate. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

ADHD: Police force to screen detainees for condition

Monkey dust can come as a powder, similar to cocaine. (Photo by jody amiet / AFP via Getty Images)

What is monkey dust that could become Class A?

parkrun relies on volunteers (Image: Getty Images)

Parkrun responds to controversial volunteering news in fake email

Premier League colleagues applauded Ben Chilwell (Image: Getty Images)

Chelsea star Ben Chilwell opens up on mental health struggles

Two nurses walking through the archway of the North Wing, May 22 1954

In Pictures: St Bartholomew’s hospital over the years

Homerton Hospital in Hackney.

Errors made in gastric tube and kidney procedures at hospital

St Bartholomew’s hospital is celebrating its 900 year anniversary. Credit: Emily Huntingford

St Bartholomew’s hospital celebrates 900 years

Andy Watson, a junior medical registrar at St Thomas’ Hospital in Westminster. Credit: Lynn Rusk

Junior doctors strike: ‘We’re facing a tough time at the moment’

A preventative booster shot campaign for children was rolled out after poliovirus was discovered in London wastewater last year.

London polio vaccine: Why did the booster rollout suddenly stop?

NHS workers and supporters picket outside the Royal Marsden hospital on February 6. (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

NHS strikes: ‘Huge’ central London demonstration on Saturday

An ambulances at the A&E department of St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. (Picture: Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)

The government must tackle obesity to save our NHS Claudia Marquis

The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.(Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

London hospital performed surgery on the wrong patient

What The Gut? Museum

What The Gut? Inside the museum all about the health of your insides

Nurse on strike outside St George’s Hospital.

‘We were appreciated in the Covid...now we’re ignored’

One in five women have delayed their cervical screening due to anxiety

Study shows one in five women delayed cancer screening due to anxiety

Cervical cancer screening rates in London are in crisis, Labour says. Photo: Getty/Flourish/NHS

Cervical screening ‘crisis’: London has lowest take up in England

The team behind the discovery of the BRCA2 gene. Credit: PA

New plaques unveiled to honour team behind breast cancer gene

Striking paramedics at Waterloo ambulance station. Photo: LondonWorld

Ambulance strikes: Patients ‘transfer aggression’ onto paramedics

Joe Wicks

Joe Wicks: ‘My top tip for staying fit in 2023’

Patients are waiting record times in A&E. Photo: Adobe

Number of patients left in A&E for 12+ hours quadruples

St George’s Hospital A&E

‘Sixty A&E nurses have resigned’ from St George’s Hospital – MP

Lumen metabolism measuring device and app

Lumen: can the metabolism measuring device help you lose weight?

St George’s Hospital in Tooting has declared a ‘critical incident’

St George’s Hospital in south London declares ‘critical incident’

Nurses caring for patients in post operative care ward. Photo: AdobeStock

NHS London hospitals: Critically ill flu patients up by two thirds

Ambulances in London will only wait for 45 minutes at A&Es. Photo: Getty

London ambulances: Crews to only wait 45 minutes at A&Es, letter says

A guide to running for beginners

A guide to running for beginners: from how to start to what to wear

A GP surgery. PIC: PA

Christmas in London 2022: When will GPs open over the holiday period?

So far in Nottinghamshire, 61 per cent of eligible people have had the autumn booster.

Twindemic: London pop-up vaccination centres for Covid-19 and flu jabs

Michael, is a critical care worker at St Thomas’s Hospital

Nurses strike: Critical care worker says ‘our hand is forced’

Leonie Callahan (left) and Caroline Hunter. Photo: LondonWorld

Nurses strike: Protesting NHS staff say ‘World Cup got more coverage’

Pharmacists have said they are struggling to get penicillin, which is an antibiotic used to treat Strep A

Scarlet fever in London: How many cases are in your area?

Hundreds of cases of Strep A and scarlet fever have been reported in London, health data has shown. Photo: NationalWorld

Strep A and scarlet fever: Infection data as cases rise across England

Patients at some doctor’s surgeries in London have to wait far longer for appointments than at others, NHS figures show. Photo: Adobe

London GPs: The ten surgeries with the longest waits for appointments

The child went to St John’s in Ealing. Credit: Google

Child at school in Ealing is third to die from Strep A in a week

Nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will strike on 15 and 20 December. Credit: Getty Images

Nursing strike: Union warns patient safety ‘being compromised’

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There are planned Tube strikes for October 4 and 6.

TfL warns of severe disruption across Tube network on October 4 and 6

Video: ‘Incredible honour says Sam Smith on award for HIV series

A Met Police vehicle. (Photo by André Langlois)

Man charged with ‘homophobic assault’ following Black Pride