BBC Health News'My eyesight might been saved if I'd gone to the optician sooner' 8 October 2025Gail Cairns started experiencing sight loss, headaches, and eye pain, but did not go to an optician when she first had symptoms.Children harmed by decision to redeploy health visitors, Covid inquiry hears 8 October 2025Some children paid "the highest price" of death because of redeployments, says health visiting charity head.School Council Network focusing on digital safety 8 October 2025The meetings allow primary and secondary school councils to shape policy directly with government.Freshers' flu: 'I'm coughing all the time' 7 October 2025Students share their experiences with freshers' flu - and what they've done to get better.'Nature should run through a city the same way that water does' 7 October 2025Baroness Kathy Willis talks about the importance of green and blue spaces in cities.'Why won't anyone give my son access to healthcare?' 7 October 2025When Harry turned 18, he no longer had access to various healthcare services, his mum says.Deaf people criticise hospital interpreter delays 7 October 2025A charity says it has had more than 100 complaints about a lack of interpreters at the hospital.Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion 6 October 2025Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.First-year resident doctors back strike action over jobs shortage 6 October 2025British Medical Association say 30,000 medics were chasing 10,000 jobs this year.Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO 6 October 2025More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, say experts.
