Summarize this content to 1000 words Matthew Carr-GommDanielle Carr-Gomm died after stopping her insulin at a slapping therapy workshop in 2016The family of a diabetic woman who died when she went to a slapping workshop and stopped taking her insulin have called for greater regulation for alternative therapies.Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, died at a retreat run by Hongchi Xiao in Wiltshire in 2016. He was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter, last
Summarize this content to 1000 words ReutersTuesday has become the hottest day of the year so far as a heatwave continues to affect large parts of the UK.Met Office measuring stations in both Heathrow and Kew Gardens, south-west London, reached 32C (90F) earlier - exceeding the 31.9C recorded in the centre of the city on 19 July.London, southern England and south-eastern Wales are expected to meet the official criteria for
Summarize this content to 1000 words PA MediaThe government and the BMA trade union have struck an improved pay deal for junior doctors in England worth 22% on average over two years. The BMA’s junior doctors’ committee has agreed to put the offer to its members. If accepted it would spell an end to long-running strike action which has led to the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of appointments since
Summarize this content to 1000 words FamilyCharlotte described the 20 minute attack on her son as "horrifying"The mother of a young boy with complex needs has called for all special schools to have CCTV after her son was attacked by a teaching assistant.Her 13-year-old son Tobie, from Wolverhampton, is autistic and non-speaking.He was kicked, pushed and had his head held down in the 20 minute assault, and his mother Charlotte
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCThey are the bête noire of many nutritionists - mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread.So-called ultra-processed foods (UPF) account for 56% of calories consumed across the UK, and that figure is higher for children and people who live in poorer areas.UPFs are defined by how many industrial processes they have been through
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesHow are you feeling?There has been a vibe in BBC HQ that friends, colleagues and family have been having a grottier year than usual – shaking off one cold only to rapidly catch another, rolling from infection to infection.“The reality is we're lacking data and so we have got a lot of anecdote,” says Prof Jonathan Ball, from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.So
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCMatthew Sharp has been unable to leave hospital for nearly a yearA disabled man has spent nearly 10 months in a busy general hospital because no suitable home has been found for him in the community.Matthew Sharp, who has a range of complex conditions, says he has been left in limbo while his local NHS and council try to decide who is responsible for
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCNelly Naylor (top left), Rob Reiss (bottom left), Katie Drinkwater (centre), and Louise Nichols (top right) are just some of many thousands who have been waiting for an assessmentIt would take more than eight years for the NHS to see all adult patients waiting for ADHD assessments in many parts of the UK, a BBC investigation has found.Through Freedom of Information requests, the BBC
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThe anti-obesity injection Wegovy contains the drug semaglutideWeight-loss treatment Wegovy has been approved by the UK's medicines regulator, for reducing the risk of serious heart problems in overweight and obese people.Wegovy contains the drug semaglutide, which is already prescribed on the NHS to help some people with a body-mass index (BMI) above 26 lose weight.And it now becomes the first anti-obesity drug to
Summarize this content to 1000 words A young woman died months after begging her GP for help with her chronic fatigue syndrome, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had written to her doctor asking for help with feeding as she was hungry.Ms Boothby-O’Neill had been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). She died at home in Exeter, Devon, in October 2021.The inquest, which is scheduled to last two weeks, continues.The hearing
