Joanna Barrett, associate head of policy at the NSPCC, said: “All children deserve the same protection from assault as adults. Yet in England and Northern Ireland, children continue to be exposed to a legal loophole that can undermine their basic right to protection under the guise of ‘reasonable chastisement’. Source link
The parents of Isaiah Haastrup and Zainab Abbasi attend the Supreme Court for a two-day hearing. Source link
Doctors at the Royal Stoke Hospital helped a 13-year-old girl with her rare liver condition. Source link
Emma Colledge from Durham is encouraging people to be aware of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. Source link
Dearbhail Ormond was diagnosed with endometriosis after seeing 20 doctors across 18 years. Source link
Consultants at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital warned patient safety was “seriously compromised”. Source link
Junior doctors begin their longest walkout to date until Friday in a dispute over pay. Source link
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson described the result as “disappointing”, and said the BMA needed to come back to the negotiating table with reasonable expectations so a “fair deal” could be found for the NHS, doctors and patients. Source link
Nitazenes are being found in street heroin and in fake medicines sold online. Source link
Dr Nicola Guess, a dietitian and diabetes researcher at the University of Oxford, said the majority of evidence linking high, and highly varied, blood sugar to health problems is based on glucose levels only seen in people with diabetes or prediabetes. Source link