Dr Xand on the wellness benefits of knitting

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Maternity inquiry chair named in government U-turn

Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead the maternity services inquiry at Leeds hospitals. Source

Inside Health

James visits Hackney, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Source

Are more people cutting off their parents?

Ben Cole Edwards, 30, built a career as a trauma coach after posting about being estranged from his mum. Source

'I'm in constant pain' - woman harmed by vaginal mesh urges action on redress scheme

Susan McLarnon is travelling to Downing Street later to call for "urgent action" to be taken on redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh implants. Source

Sent 90 miles after giving birth while 'soaked in urine'

Four days after giving birth, Lizzy Berryman's psychosis forced her to be taken from York to Derby for specialist care. Source

NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s

The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so. Source

Tory peer quits after Lords probe into PPE deals

It comes after a Lords standards probe into his contacts with ministers and advisers during the pandemic. Source

'Women grow up with pain as a part of their lives'

A health campaigner says women's relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives. Source

'Women grow up with pain as a part of their lives'

A health campaigner says women's relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives. Source

Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure', says Chris Whitty

England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place. Source

How to use AI tools to support our wellbeing in safe and simple ways

Do you know the important difference between open and closed AI? Source