BBC Health News

• Stephen Hawking: I'm worried about the future of the NHS August 19, 2017
  Cambridge professor criticises health secretary and warns about role of private sector in the NHS.
• Struggling after giving birth? You're not alone August 19, 2017
  These mums had traumatic births, and they want more to see more honesty about the toll it can take.
• How to get up mountains in a wheelchair August 19, 2017
  Michelle, who has multiple sclerosis, is going on a trek in the Lake District for the first time in more than 10 years.
• Mum leaves random notes in York for new mothers August 18, 2017
  The letters offer mums a chance to take a second for themselves.
• Calories in popular foods must be cut, say health officials August 17, 2017
  Health officials target pizzas, burgers and ready meals to help tackle child obesity in government drive.
• Newcastle health boss Sir Leonard Fenwick sacked August 17, 2017
  Longest serving NHS chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick called it "an orchestrated witch hunt".
• Mental health services patchy, says PM August 17, 2017
  Theresa May says the UK's mental health services are "patchy" and has told Newsbeat she's going to review them.
• Peanut allergy treatment 'lasts up to four years' August 17, 2017
  Four years after children in a study took the oral treatment, 70% had no allergic reaction to peanuts.
• Bowel cancer test: 'No health minister' means NI people must wait August 16, 2017
  A new screening test for bowel cancer in NI is on hold because there is no Stormont health minister.
• Maternity 'must improve' at baby-deaths hospital trust August 16, 2017
  Progress is made at the Shrewsbury and Telford trust but maternity services must improve, the CQC says.