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Attending A&E when you don’t feel very well isn’t always the best way of looking after your health, unless it is an emergency or a serious injury. Examples where it is right and appropriate to attend A&E without delay include major injuries for instance:

Injuries from road traffic accidents
Serious falls
Major head injuries
Collapse
Severe breathing difficulty
Severe chest pain
Severe haemorrhage
Poisoning
Extensive burns

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Dance lessons for the lonely - on the NHS
GPs in England are to prescribe "social" activities, such as dance and cookery lessons, to tackle loneliness.
Crackdown on painkillers amid addiction fears
Pregabalin and gabapentin to be reclassified as class C drugs from April, the government announces.
Children 'should be weighed up to age 18', report says
A report by child health experts warns England is falling behind other countries unless policies change.
Cwm Taf baby deaths: 'My baby is buried 4,000 miles away'
Chioma Udeogu's daughter Favour was stillborn after failings on a Welsh maternity ward.
New checks to crack down on free prescription fraud
Checking eligibility before drugs are issued could halve false claims in England, the government says.
Terminal breast cancer patients 'abandoned' in nurse shortage
Thousands of incurable cancer patients are "being denied a dedicated specialist nurse".
NHS waste scandal firm has been 'vilified', boss says
It comes after Healthcare Environmental Services was stripped of NHS waste handling contracts.
Princess Eugenie: 'I wanted my wedding dress to show my scar'
Princess Eugenie had major surgery on her back as a child.
C-section births surge to 'alarming' rates worldwide - study
A doubling in worldwide cases of the birth procedure in 15 years is "unjustified", a study says.
Age boys start puberty 'linked to mothers'
The age at which boys begin puberty is linked to when their mothers started having periods, a study suggests.

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Acid reflux drugs linked to increased stomach cancer risk
"A drug commonly used to treat acid reflux is linked to a more than doubled risk of developing stomach...
Nutrient drink for Alzheimer's has disappointing result in trial
A new study investigating the effects of a nutrient drink for Alzheimer's disease has led to very different...
Marriage may help lower dementia risk
"Marriage and having close friends may help protect against dementia, according to Loughborough University...
Afternoon open heart surgery 'leads to fewer complications'
"Afternoon heart surgery has lower risk of complications, study suggests," says The Guardian. Researchers...
Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
"Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report...
Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
"Common blood thinning drugs halve the risk of dementia for patients who have an irregular heartbeat,"...
New genetic variants associated with breast cancer identified
"Do you have one of the 180 breast cancer genes? One in five women has a variant that raises her risk...

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