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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Jim Reed

    NHS staff suspected of snooping on patient data to face immediate suspension (opens the original)

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    NHS staff in England suspected of looking at patient records without a valid reason will be immediately suspended as part of a "zero-tolerance crackdown" on snooping. Those under suspicion will also be locked out of NHS computer systems, preventing any further viewing of confidential records, including from home. NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has written to every trust, ordering the measures to be introduced immediately to strengthen protection against data breaches. The move follow

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Jim Reed

    NHS staff investigated over access to dead teenager's medical records (opens the original)

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    The mother of a teenage boy who died in hospital has said she is "deeply concerned and hurt" after learning his medical records may have been accessed inappropriately for years after his death. Paula McGowan, whose 18-year-old autistic son Oliver died in 2016, was told that at least five members of staff at Bristol Foundation NHS Trust may have accessed his records without permission as recently as this year. Three nursing staff are under formal investigation, while a doctor who no longer works

  3. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Jim Reed, Philippa Roxby and Michelle Roberts

    Scientists discover why Kent meningitis outbreak was so severe (opens the original)

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    Scientists say they have discovered why the bacteria responsible for the UK's worst outbreak of meningitis B in Kent earlier this year proved so dangerous. More than 20 young people, mostly students, were infected in the March outbreak, linked to a Canterbury nightclub. All needed hospital treatment, while nine ended up in intensive care and two died. Experts at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the University of Oxford, who have looked at the DNA of the bacterium, external, say it picke

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Jim Reed

    Why coffee makes some people buzz and others barely notice (opens the original)

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    "Coffee just doesn't have much effect on me," says 20-year-old Emily, who is leaving a cafe in central London at 18:00 BST. "I'll normally have two cups a day and then maybe an energy drink too. And then I can drink coke all night and feel completely fine." We've all got a friend like Emily. The one who can knock back a double espresso or even an energy drink in the evening and still drift off to sleep an hour or so later. For many people, though, the effects of caffeine can linger for far longe

  5. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Jim Reed

    This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show (opens the original)

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    For four days running, Peter Marinker had arrived at rehearsals that were not even taking place. Dementia had muddled the dates in his mind. Yet he is now preparing to do something most actors would find daunting even with perfect recall: performing a much-loved Samuel Beckett play alone on a London stage. Marinker, 85, is best known for his voice work: from radio plays and video games to big-budget films like Labyrinth and Paddington in Peru. On camera he was the adviser to the US president in

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