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Dawn Schamely, 40, spent eight months in agony after her C-section scar became infected. (Picture: SWNS)

"My C-sec scar became infected - I spent eight months in agony"

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

Stock image of woman holding her head in pain

World first as ‘alive and wriggling’ worm found in woman’s brain

Sir David Jason apologises after missing fan event for health reasons

A family statement confirmed Bryan Randall died after secretly battling Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Credit: Getty

Sandra Bullock's longtime partner dead at 57 after secret ALS battle

Anita Carey played Brenda Summers and Joyce Smudley in Coronation Street between 1978 and 1997, as well as a starring role in Doctors - Credit: BBC

Coronation Street and Doctors star dead at 75 after cancer battle

Glenn Lilley after she fell face first into the door as she collapsed before the tumour was discovered.

Woman with brain tumour wakes up thinking she’s 28 years younger

Jessy Williams with her daughter Sky

Mum has one of smallest babies ever born in UK - weighing 350g

Susan Morrison ‘showed solidarity’ with junior doctors

Junior doctors in England start their 5 day walkout

A book has been created for parents and caregivers - so they can be well-equipped, should they have to perform CPR on a child

A book has been created to teach parents CPR

Meghan Trainor has welcomed her second child with husband Daryl Sabara named Barry Bruce (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

Meghan Trainor welcomes second baby and he has a surprising name

Pop singer Meghan Trainor has welcomed her second child with husband Daryl Sabara, and his name is Barry Bruce but how popular is the name?

Katie Price reveals ADHD diagnosis & says her ‘brain is wired differently

‘My brain is wired differently’ - Katie Price reveals health diagnosis

Senior doctors or consultants in England have voted to strike over pay for two days in July.

Senior doctors to strike for 48 hours in July over pay

An urgent NHS health warning has been issued

Urgent health alert as NHS junior doctors begin 72 hour strike

Sky News host breaks down live on air after discussing cancer battle

Warning as most common day to have severe heart attack revealed

Melissa Kinsella was returning home from a family holiday in Turkey when she collapsed and had a seizure. Credit: GoFundMe

Mum-of-three fighting for life in Turkey after collapsing at airport

Women are embarrassed by talking about their bodies

Over a fifth of women feel embarrassed to speak about their own bodies

Teachers and senior doctors will ballot in their dispute with the government over pay, which will likely see a fresh round of strikes. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teachers and senior doctors to ballot for fresh strikes

New plans would allow more doctors and nurses to receive their training "on the job" rather than via the traditional university route.

Student doctors told to skip university to solve the NHS staff crisis

GB News is located within The Point at Paddington, north London

GB News in breach of Ofcom rules for second time

The Demon Headmaster’s Terrence Hardiman dies aged 86

Tony Blackburn has shared with fans that he has been discharged from hospital. The BBC Radio 2 star spent three weeks there recovering from an illness, which forced him to temporarily pull out of his popular Saturday morning show The Sound of the ‘60s.

Tony Blackburn shares update on his health after hospital stay

The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK estimate that approximately 74 NHS doctors are trapped in Sudan.

Foreign NHS doctors will not be evacuated from Sudan by UK

Mum of 2 thought ‘tennis ball’ sized brain tumour was stress seizures

Tony Blackburn has had to pull out of his popular BBC Radio 2 show Sound of the 60s after doctors told him to rest amid concerns for his health.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Tony Blackburn reschedules Sound of the 60s tour

Tony Blackburn has had to pull out of his popular BBC Radio 2 show Sound of the 60s after doctors told him to rest amid concerns for his health.

Tony Blackburn pulls out of BBC Radio 2 show amid health concerns

Scientists fear UK outbreak after British woman infected with virus following trip to France

Scientists fear Dengue fever outbreak after British woman infected

Scientists have said more cases of Dengue Fever could be found in the UK due to climate change

Jacob Rees-Mogg brands junior doctors ‘irresponsible’ for strike on GB News - current pay is ‘perfectly fair’

Jacob Rees-Mogg brands junior doctors strike ‘irresponsible’

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest by junior doctors, amid a dispute with the government over pay, outside of Saint Mary's Hospital, in Manchester, on March 15, 2023.

NHS ‘cannot guarantee’ patient safety as junior doctors strike begins

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (Photo: MARCELLO PATERNOSTRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Silvio Berlusconi has leukaemia and in intensive care

A picture taken at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research shows a tick (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images).

TBEV case confirmed in UK - what you need to know about new virus

Kelly Hoppen

Kelly Hoppen opens up about breast cancer diagnosis

BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Shirley Ballas says online trolls left her at ‘all time low’ following recent series

Strictly judge says online trolls left her at ‘all time low’

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest by junior doctors. Picture: NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images

Junior doctors announce four-day strike action in April

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Soap star Gemma Oaten to perform at Bridlington Spa this Christmas.

Soap star performing at Bridlington Spa

Junior doctors forming a picket line outside St George’s hospital on Monday (March 13) in London. Photo by Lynn Rusk

Junior doctors strike: 3-day industrial action begins today

Comedian Dawn French

The health scare leading to Dawn French’s 7.5 stone weight loss

Tesco is stocking £8 health-kits to test for cancers and illnesses in a first of a kind deal to help the NHS

Tesco launch at-home medical kits to test for cancer & thyroid issues

Doctors warn that use of Nitrous Oxide could lead to spinal damage

Credit: SWNS

Footballer dies of flesh-eating virus diagnosed as tonsillitis by NHS

Prue Leith and Danny Kruger

How to watch Prue and Danny’s Death Road Trip

Analysing loyalty card data could help doctors spot ovarian cancer cases earlier.

Loyalty card data could help spot ovarian cancer earlier

Doctors could spot ovarian cancer cases sooner by looking at loyalty card data, according to researchers.

A new review concluded that doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents

Junior doctors begin voting on industrial action

NHS staff at UK hospital told to repay Christmas bonuses paid in error

Ambulances parked outside Manchester Royal Infirmary on December 21, 2022.

NHS under more pressure now ‘than at peak of Covid pandemic’

Made In Chelsea’s Louise Thompson announces incurable Lupus diagnosis

Camels are pictured at the camel market in the Erhaiya desert area.

Doctors warned over ‘camel flu’ as England fans return from World Cup

Chris Fountain reveals he suffered a mini stroke earlier this year

Law change to speed up driving licence fitness-to-drive checks

Andrew Little, 45, was taken to Scarborough General Hospital after he was found unconscious in July 2019

Andrew Little inquest: Mystery surrounds drug overdose which led to GP’s death

Doctors Reddy and Nunn, from Practice Three, will be taking over the day-to-day running of the surgery after the two doctors at Practice One, Dr Dinesh Kumar and Dr Tom Milligan, decided to dissolve their partnership. Photo courtesy of Google Maps

Major changes at Bridlington’s Practice One surgery as GPs dissolve partnership

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