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Regular dental checkups and oral hygiene visits are important for identifying the early stage of mouth cancer. However, the shortage of dentists in the UK has led to a rise in mouth cancers that are spotted too late, according to the charity Oral Health Foundation. Ninety per cent of NHS…

London-based Christian Legal Centre behind a number of end-of-life court cases ‘prolonging suffering’, doctors say

In today’s newsletter: Stories of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners being freed as hopes grow of more exchanges

Report says patients’ health is being endangered by problems including referrals going missing and late diagnoses

Wolman disease is thought to occur in one in every 350,000 births.

Two people wonder if outcomes could have been different if the health service was not so stretched

Exclusive: figures include one man who died during 18-minute wait for the ambulance service to answer his 999 call

Police are investigating operations at Royal Sussex County hospital over alleged negligence and cover-ups

Music, theatre and art have been crushed by years of Tory cuts. They need to be nurtured again with purpose and with pride, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

Immigration fuels growth and much-needed workers but there are ways to wean UK plc off its dependency

A Starmer government will inherit a nation with miserable productivity, emasculated public services, big debts, high tax levels and acute inequalities