Health guidance urges doctors to ask about patients about gambling

Doctors are encouraged to identify problem gamblers and those at risk at the earliest possible stage.

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Surgeon who claimed Covid-19 was hoax struck off

Mr Muhammad Adil is struck-off after undermining public confidence in the medical profession.

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Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - PM

MPs to get free vote on step which means a child of 14 would never be able to buy cigarettes legally.

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Lucy Letby: Corporate manslaughter probe at Chester hospital

Cheshire Police begins a corporate manslaughter inquiry at a hospital after the conviction of Lucy Letby.

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Sir Patrick Vallance criticises Boris Johnson's 'impossible flip-flopping'

Sir Patrick Vallance writes of No 10 "chaos as usual" in diary extracts released to the Covid inquiry.

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Bedbug panic sweeps Paris as infestations soar before 2024 Olympics

France is alarmed as "les punaises", as they're known in French, spread fear and loathing.

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Trans women may be banned from women's NHS wards

Health Secretary promises consultation on NHS constitution, calling for a "common-sense" approach.

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