All news by author: Martin Bagot

The General Dental Council says more than 5,000 dentists do not see any private patients as millions of Brits struggle to get appointments for their teeth - with one in seven dentists now working solely for the NHS

UK Biobank’s precious frozen samples have already been used to predict who will get dementia 15 years before a diagnosis - and scientists hope they will help find future treatments

NHS England is inviting almost a million 19 to 25-year-olds from infection epicentres for jabs. Data shows 733 cases from October to March, with the real number probably much higher

A new survey has revealed shocking figures which show millions of Brits have had to take time off work due to issues with oral health and a lack of access to NHS dentists

The flatlining £3 billion NHS dentistry budget for England is increasingly made up of patient charges - this means more cuts to the direct Government funding for NHS dentists

Mum-of-two Rhian works as a nurse on an acute hospital ward and has been in the NHS for 26 years. The 45-year-old from Leeds said the real terms pay cuts are forcing nurses out

The groundbreaking report, which was published in The Lancet, suggests that obesity rates have more than doubled in the UK for women, men, and also surged for children and adolescents

The huge Covid study of 140,000 Brits found a 'measurable' impact on thinking skills and memory formation that can be detected more than a year after an infection

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has demanded a lump sum on top of a "substantial" above inflation pay rise in order to tackle the NHS workforce crisis with thousands leaving

Millie Healey, 12 - who was born with one lung and half a working heart - underwent one of the most complex procedures ever performed, described by mum Kerry as a 'miracle'

The Government has announced the General Dental Council could provisionally register dentists trained overseas to work in the UK while they do exams amid an NHS access crisis

A crisis in nursing recruitment could push the NHS to collapse, a union boss has warned, as new UCAS figures showed another sharp decrease in people applying for degree courses

Chief Dental Officer Jason Wong has been a major cheerleader for the Government plan but admits in private it won’t fix the national crisis accessing an NHS dentist

The study by Warwick University using data on 53,000 participants in the UK Biobank discovered changes in 11 key proteins could indicate future Alzheimer’s disease

The pupils aged 14 to 16 suffered symptoms including a reduced level of consciousness, vomiting and confusion after smoking the drug in Eltham. One was put into an induced coma

A pair of surveys questioning more than 3,000 dentists across the UK revealed that two-thirds of them now plan to go private – and a whopping 90% think Rishi Sunak's Conservative government is to blame

Paddy McGuinness appeared on Question Time last night where he said his dad had removed his own teeth with pliers because he could not get an NHS dentist

The number of children needing tooth extractions in hospitals has jumped to 48,000 last year as experts warned that the shortage of NHS dentists is creating misery for patients

Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition we have launched with the British Dental Association on the 38 Degrees website calling on the PM to save NHS dentistry

An overwhelming majority of dentists are being forced to deal with horrific and gruesome cases of DIY dentistry because the NHS cannot cope with patients' needs

One in six kids and almost a quarter of those in poorer areas now have rotting teeth, new data has shown, as one senior dentist said the Government has 'offered nothing' in solving the problem

People are being urged to self isolate by NHS leaders if they feel the start of a cough due to a huge spike in the cases of winter viruses such as flu and norovirus in the country

The nationally representative BHF survey of 2,000 over-16s showed overall 43 per cent have never learnt CPR - or 23 million people in the adult population

Pharmacists in England can now prescribe antibiotics for seven key conditions, without patients having to see a doctor - and all of your questions could be answered here

Patients can now be treated for a host of common illnesses at their local pharmacy instead of waiting for a GP appointment in a new £645 million deal with NHS England