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Sophie Goodchild, Health and Social Affairs Correspondent

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TV's Amanda: Help sick babies by giving breast milk

TV presenter Amanda Davies today called on mothers to donate breast milk. The BBC sports broadcaster, 31, revealed how her daughter Molly was helped by donor milk when she was born nine weeks early.

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Patient fears as three hospitals set to merge

The merger of three London hospitals was given the go-ahead today despite concerns over the effect on patient care

Hospitals lose £22m for failing on quality care

Hospital trusts in London missed out on nearly £22 million last year because they failed to deliver quality care

Glow in the dark brains: the latest breakthrough treatments

Nintendo eye cures, electric shock cancer therapy and fat-busting pills. These are just a few of London's latest breakthrough medical treatments, says Sophie Goodchild

Trust denies hospital closure

Health bosses have been accused of misleading the public over a hospital's future

Babies will be 'tiny teachers' to cut out classroom bullying

Babies are being brought into classrooms to cut bullying and teach children empathy

'Shaken' babies suffering from vitamin D deficiency

Parents in "shaken baby" cases are being wrongly prosecuted because their children lack vitamin D, an expert said

Sicknote capital: council workers take 800,000 days off in a single year

Council workers in London are costing the taxpayer £118million a year in sick leave

Family sues hospital for musician's DVT death

The family of a musician who died from a blood clot have sued his GP and the hospital where he was treated

New mothers save lives by giving precious cord blood

More than 100 mothers at a London hospital have donated umbilical cord blood to save lives. All gave birth at University College Hospital which today officially launched its donation centre

The laser that can vaporise cataracts in blink of the eye

A new treatment which 'vaporises' cataracts in a second is being pioneered by a London clinic

A&E departments under threat as trusts struggle with £100m debt

Casualty departments will have to close and NHS trusts must merge if London hospitals are to tackle their £100million debt, the capital's health service chief has warned

MPs furious over £12m hospital lying empty

Health chiefs are facing fresh criticism over a new London hospital which is lying empty on a site which cost taxpayers £12 million to redevelop

Parents help to write new guide on coping with premature birth

Doctors are failing to give enough advice to mothers at risk of premature babies, the charity Tommy's says

Court awards £4m to tennis coach paralysed in crash

A tennis coach left paralysed by a hit-and-run driver has been awarded £4million compensation

Boy left brain-damaged by hospital birth blunder gets £6.5m payout

A teenager left brain-damaged by a hospital blunder as a newborn baby has been awarded £6.5 million damages

Two rashers of bacon 'increase risk of cancer'

Eating two rashers of bacon a day can increase the threat of pancreatic cancer by 19 per cent - and the risk goes up if a person eats more, say experts

Clinic refuses to replace PIP breast implants free

A private clinic that fitted more banned breast implants than any other British cosmetic surgery firm says it will not replace them free of charge

Jacqueline Wilson dedicates new book to Molly, the writer who died of cancer aged eight

Children's author Jacqueline Wilson has dedicated her latest book to a talented young writer who died from cancer at the age of eight

IVF mother with 'miracle' girl gives new hope to couples

A woman with no ovaries who thought she would never give birth gave hope today to people facing fertility problems after she finally had a baby

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