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The Darzi report has found that the NHS is in a "critical condition". (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Lord Darzi review: What does it mean for you?

Bassett Road Surgery, one of Leighton Buzzard's three doctors surgeries. Image: Google.

'Money poured into hospitals at expense of community health'

'Here's why tea and toast was the best meal I had after giving birth' (Photo: Gina Sanders - stock.adobe.com)

'Why tea and toast is the most comforting meal after giving birth'

Lisa & Andy Morgan - Omaze winners at their new £4.5m Cornwall home.

NHS nurse wins £4.5million home - then works a 12-hour shift

A doctor checks on a patient with sores caused by a mpox infection. (Photo: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Mpox: symptoms and what does mpox rash look like?

You should get advice from 111 as soon as possible if you think you have shingles

Shingles vaccine: who is eligible and is shingles contagious?

Man smokes a cigarette outside pub.

Watch: Would an outdoor smoking ban kill the ‘Great British pub’?

Police and Crime Commissioner John Tizard

Monthly Column: Police and Crime Commissioner John Tizard

It's important to have access to a GP when you're at university. (Photo: Pexels/RDNE Stock project)

Student health: how to register with a GP at university

The RSV vaccination programme has launched across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Photo: Gustavo Fring/Pexels)

What is the RSV vaccine and who is eligible?

28 British nationals have died in Turkey following elective cosmetic procedures since 2019 according to the Foreign Office. (Photo: Pexels, RDNE Stock project)

The NHS guidance for surgery abroad as British mum dies in Turkey

Here’s what you need to know 🩺

Sarah McCann

A woman infected with Mpox shows her arms at the Kamenge University Hospital's Mpox treatment centre in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. (Photo: TCHANDROU NITANGA/AFP via Getty Images)

How worried should we be about Mpox - is it the new Covid?

Elizabeth Hon won the £85k car and £100k in cash in an Omaze prize draw.

Watch: NHS nurse wins £85k sports car and £100k in cash

There are over 3 million posts about ADHD on TikTok. (Photo: cottonbro studio/Pexels)

The real symptoms of ADHD and how to spot 'misleading' content

The Teenage Cancer Trust warns against ‘sunburning’ trend on social media. (Photo: Pixabay/Pexels)

TikTok's 'sunburning' trend explained - and why it's so dangerous

1 in 3 Brits are scared and embarrassed of getting into a new sport

Ad Feature Leighton Buzzard people to play vital role in shaping end of life care

Lecanemab is designed to target and clear a protein called amyloid from patient’s brains (Photo: Adobe)

Lecanemab UK: what is it and how much does Alzheimer's drug cost?

Toni Po and Ren Estacio

International NHS workers leave renting behind at 35

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman. (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman

A doctor checks on a patient with sores caused by an mpox infection in 2022. (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Will people have to isolate if they catch mpox?

Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea cases are on the rise according to the UKHSA (Photo: Pixabay)

Warning as antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea cases on the rise

Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable Hospital

A fifth of staff absences in Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust are stress-related

Dentist reveals key symptoms of mouth cancer that you may overlook. (Photo: Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio)

Warning over mouth cancer - 9 key symptoms to watch out for

These 8 over-the-counter drug interactions that can make you ill (Photo: Pexel, Etatics Inc)

The 8 over-the-counter drug interactions that can make you ill

Accessing an NHS dentist is a challenge right now. (Photo: Pexels, Cedric Fauntleroy)

NHS dentist: How many dentists are accepting NHS patients?

A woman may be able to eat for the first time in three years after surgeons corrected a weight loss operation carried out in Turkey.

Video: Botched weight loss surgery left me with "concrete" organs

The British Dental Association said for millions accessing NHS dentistry "is just a nice idea rather that a reality they can depend on"

More than a quarter of people struggle to get an NHS dentist appointment

More than a quarter of people in Bedfordshire struggle to get an appointment with an NHS dentist, new survey data suggests.

Marieta Marinova, data reporter

GPs are voting whether or not to go on strike for the first time in 60 years. (Photo: Charles Milligan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

GPs are threatening strike action - what does it mean for you?

Blood shortages in England have triggered an “amber alert”. (Photo: Pexel, FRANK MERIÑO)

The health conditions that could stop you from giving blood

If you test positive for Covid it's recommended that you try to stay home. (Photo: Pexel/Andrea Piacquadio)

Covid rules if you test positive as cases rise in the UK

An estimated 10 million people in the UK live with headaches everyday. (Photo: Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio)

I'm a pharmacist - these are the five different types of headaches

Prescription drugs including codeine could land you in trouble if you take them abroad. (Photo: Pexel, Karolina Kaboompics)

The 5 common medications that could get you jailed for taking abroad

FLuQE is a new Covid variant that has been driving new cases. (Photo: Pexels, CDC)

KP3 Covid symptoms as cases of new variant FLuQE rise

GP practises and pharmacies across the UK have been caught up in the global IT outage (Photo: Pexel, Pixabay)

GPs and pharmacies across UK hit by CrowdStrike outage

Searches for 'tooth pain' have increased by 460% (Photo: Pexel/Anna Shvets)

Dental crisis - 'People are pulling out their own teeth'

(Photo: Ben Bauer/PA Wire)

Global IT outage disrupts airlines, banks and appointments: what to do

I leave the country to get a dentist appointment.

'I leave the country to get a dentist appointment'

A new set of videos are to be made available to help autistic people navigate NHS appointments

New video guides will help autistic people prepare for NHS appointments

Millionaire midwife still delivering babies a decade after lottery win

Dr Santiago Dargallo

COLUMN: GP Matters

Daye have released the world's first HPV screening tampon. (Photo: Daye)

World first at-home HPV screening kit launched in the UK

Top tips to avoid heat exhaustion this summer. ( Photo: vladischern - stock.adobe.com)

Heat exhaustion symptoms to look out for this summer

Cases of Covid have been on the increase following the new FLiRT variants. (Photo: Adobe Stock, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

These are the rules about travelling if you test positive for Covid

A person in the UK has died in an E.coli outbreak. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

E.coli signs and symptoms to watch out for

The outbreak is believed to have been caused by lettuce 🥬

Sarah McCann

A new Covid variant has caused an increase in hospital admissions across the UK. (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Summer Covid symptoms as cases of new variant FLiRT increase

Here are 8 top tips from our experts on how to stay healthy at Glastonbury Festival. (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images, NENAD MIHAJLOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

How to stay well at Glastonbury and avoid these 8 common mishaps

30% of Brits would back defaulted plant-based menu in NHS hospitals

Health news.

'Major disruption' warning for Bedfordshire's NHS services

Edith Griffith Chair of Leighton Linslade Health Provision Group

COLUMN: Health Matters

Health news

Bedfordshire patients urged to use NHS 'wisely' during strike

Pat Carberry pictured with his brother Brian, right

Councillor pays tribute to brother who was victim of contaminated blood scandal

Picture posed by model. A woman showing signs of depression.

Mortality rate over five times higher for people with serious mental illnesses

Dave Holland Reform UK Image: Supplied by the candidate

Reform UK candidate for Mid Bedfordshire says he has 'unfinished business'

File photo dated 10/09/14 of a GP registration form

More GPs in Bedfordshire figures show - but 2019 recruitment pledge not met