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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reveals 'scary' medical condition after giving birth

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reveals 'scary' medical condition after giving birth
Updated on Apr 08, 2025 09:19 pm IST

UK makes history with first baby born from a transplanted womb

Baby Amy Isabel Davidson.
Published on Apr 08, 2025 06:40 pm IST

Carrie Johnson spends almost a week in hospital with pneumonia and flu

Carrie Johnson (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Published on Jan 11, 2025 09:06 pm IST

Flu surge in England forces hospitals to impose visitor restrictions

Figures from NHS England showed an average of 4,469 flu patients were in beds in England each day last week
Published on Jan 04, 2025 09:30 am IST

UK health services under strain after record flu, Norovirus cases

Concerns have been raised over a rising number of flu and norovirus cases (PA)
Published on Dec 06, 2024 06:59 am IST

UK's National Health Service owes so much to Indian diaspora: Minister

UK's National Health Service owes so much to Indian diaspora: Minister
Published on Oct 24, 2024 09:00 am IST

Punjab-origin British woman dies after accidentally taking husband’s medicine

Sewa Kaur Chaddha, 82, collapsed on the floor of her home at Slough in Berkshire, south-east England, and died in hospital within days in May last year.
Updated on Oct 17, 2024 08:26 am IST

UK health minister proposes 'life-changing' weight loss jabs for unemployed

UK Health Minister Wes Streeting proposed weight loss jabs for unemployed to boost employment and reduce NHS costs.
Published on Oct 15, 2024 05:58 pm IST

University of East Anglia introduces £4000 scholarship for Indian graduates

There is an optional NHS placement year in the third year. This placement, dependent on availability, demand, and the student’s academic performance and aptitude.
Updated on Oct 10, 2024 07:51 am IST

Immigration Update: What you need to know about the UK’s health & care visa

Health and care visas now account for two in five of all skilled work visas issued in the UK. This visa category is extremely popular with Indians - more Indians than any other nationality go to the UK on this visa route. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP)
Published on Jan 10, 2024 12:42 pm IST

The University of Sheffield invites applications for Sept 2024 intake

The course Sheffield Diagnostic Genetics Service was designed in collaboration with the NHS and is for students who are fascinated by medical genetics.
Published on Oct 22, 2023 06:41 pm IST

Meet Indian-origin doctor who helped catch UK nurse guilty of killing 7 newborns

Dr Ravi Jayaram, a UK-born Indian-origin consultant paediatrician
Updated on Aug 19, 2023 12:19 pm IST

'No beds…not enough doctors': What's happening at UK hospitals?

Nurses across England began two days of strikes over pay, threatening fresh disruption for patients in the creaking state-run NHS.
Published on Jan 18, 2023 10:57 pm IST

Sunak tells leaders a bold approach will fix National Health Service: Report

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Published on Jan 08, 2023 05:16 am IST

Rishi Sunak: British Prime Minister in waiting?

Rishi Sunak made history in February 2020 when he was appointed to the most important UK Cabinet post. 
Published on Jan 14, 2022 09:45 pm IST

High-grade FFP3 masks can provide up to 100% protection against Covid-19: Study

In December 2020, the UK hospital upgraded its respiratory protective equipment to FFP3 respirators.
Published on Jun 29, 2021 05:38 pm IST

UK may ask NHS workers to take vaccine against Covid-19, opposition up in arms

A National Health Service (NHS) Covid-19 vaccine centre
Published on May 30, 2021 10:23 pm IST

UK reducing size of NHS contact tracing workforce as Covid-19 cases fall

A NHS 'test and trace' worker moves a sign at a drive through/walk up Covid-19 testing facility in Moston, geater Manchester.
Published on May 01, 2021 05:26 am IST

UK to use a National Health Service phone app as vaccine passport

UK to use a National Health Service phone app as vaccine passport
Updated on Apr 28, 2021 05:23 pm IST

Picasso, Miro as well as Banksy's painting tribute to Britain's NHS up for sale

Picasso, Miro as well as Banksy's painting tribute to Britain's NHS up for sale
Updated on Mar 17, 2021 09:28 am IST

Three local UK companies to make rapid Covid-19 tests: Report

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson watches as nurse Rebecca Cathersides administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Lyn Wheeler at Guy's Hospital in London.
Published on Feb 07, 2021 02:27 pm IST

UK launches new global platform to track new Covid-19 variants

"Not only will this Platform help us better understand this virus and how it spreads, but it will also boost global capability in this important field," Matt Hancock said.
Published on Jan 26, 2021 07:49 pm IST

NHS England plans to vaccinate frontline staff against Covid in next few weeks

Britain has the world's fifth-highest Covid-19 death toll at nearly 80,000, and the 1,325 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test on Friday surpassed April's record.
Published on Jan 09, 2021 10:08 am IST