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The response to the story of one girl’s battle with complex regional pain syndrome has been huge. Here, sufferers tell Channel 4 News how Paige helped shine a light on a much misunderstood condition.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: many have never heard of it, but its effects are agonising and it can be triggered by a seemingly small incident. We’ve asked one young child to tell us her story.

Checks to help identify doctors who are unfit to practise will not work, according to a majority of doctors polled ahead of the anniversary of serial killer Harold Shipman’s death.

One of the country’s leading children’s hospitals has been issued with a safety warning by one of its own trust executives after an internal review into its operating theatres.

It is one of the busiest children’s hospitals in Europe, and for years has had an enviable international reputation. But, as Channel 4 News will reveal on Thursday, there are problems at Alder Hey.

Buoyed by their success in getting manufacturers to reduce the amount of salt in processed food, scientists are now hoping the same campaign tactics will see reductions in harmful levels of sugar too.

Nick Clegg pledges to block any fresh attempts to curb immigration from the European Union, insisting “this is where we draw the line”, as Vince Cable says the Tories are ‘in a panic’ on the subject.

Hospitals face sanctions if the increased risk of death at weekends is not cut to provide a consistent standard of care across seven days.

Maggots in treatment rooms, out of date vaccines, and consulting rooms with no doors: inspectors reveal failings at some GP surgeries in England.

A pregnant woman from Italy, in Britain on business was given a Caesarean section against her will, and had her baby removed by social services. The child is now in the process of being adopted.

A London NHS trust is offering all hospital outpatients an HIV test, regardless of why they are there, to tackle the fact that a fifth of people in the UK with HIV are unaware of their infection.