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Anne-Marie Tasker @AnneMarieTasker

Award-winning Health Correspondent for @looknorthbbc. Please DM with stories, email annemarie.tasker@bbc.co.uk or Instagram @annemarietaskertv

Joined June 2011
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Neil from Hull says having breast cancer makes him feel like "an imposter" bbc.com/news/articles/c4g35j…

Breast cancer makes Hull man 'feel like an imposter'

Breast cancer patient Neil Ferriby from Hull has had lymph nodes and three tumours removed.

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BBC News - Police launch investigation into heart operation deaths at Castle Hill hospital bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev4…

Police launch investigation into heart operation deaths at NHS hospital

Patients who died at Castle Hill Hospital near Hull may have suffered avoidable harm, documents suggest.

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John is terrified he'll die before he gets to the top of the hospital waiting list to see a heart expert bbc.com/news/articles/cn8x5n…

Bridlington man fears he'll die on hospital cardiac waiting list

John Crockford has been told he may have to wait up to 52 weeks to see a heart specialist.

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It was amazing to see the 'phenomenal' effect hospital therapy dogs had on patients, relatives and staff, and hear incredible stories about the difference they've made in intensive care. Read more here: bbc.com/news/articles/cz7w4l…

Therapy dogs having 'phenomenal' effect on Hull hospital patients

Pets as Therapy dogs have won praise for helping seriously ill people and putting smiles on faces.

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Give me prescription or I'll kill you, nurse told - full story ⬇️ bbc.in/3Zl3zFV

GP staff tell of death threats after hundreds of reports of abuse

Humberside Police has received 411 reports of assaults and abuse towards GP staff over five years.

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Family frustrated hospital never called about their Mum's care. The NHS Trust had been nominated for an award for improving communication bbc.com/news/articles/c39l9w…

Mum was in Lincolnshire hospital 98 days, but we got 'zero calls'

Despite a hospital promising daily calls one family say they had no contact for almost "100 days".

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BBC News - Obesity: Jobless could get weight loss jabs to return to work bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd5…

Obesity: Unemployed could get weight loss jabs to return to work

The health secretary announces trials to explore the effect of weight loss drugs on worklessness.

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Absolutely honoured to win the Reporter of the Year category at this weekend's @RTSYorkshire1 awards. Thank you to Jon from @EMASNHSTrust who let me follow his whole 14 hour shift last December...
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and to the people of Bridlington who trusted me to share their experiences of dentistry in the town on @looknorthBBC - and this week had those very stories highlighted by their new MP @charliedewhirst in a House of Commons debate.
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GP appointments 'even harder to get' after mergers - full story ⬇️ bbc.in/3TS2GBt

Bridlington GP appointments 'even harder to get' after mergers

Patients at Humber Primary Care have spoken about long waits after two practices merged into one.

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Over the years, we’ve had shortages of HRT, ADHD meds, Ozempic and kid’s antibiotics. One GP says his dispensary staff face abuse if people can’t get their prescriptions and he’s wasting 3 appts a week trying to find alternatives to out of stock drugs. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5…

Medicines shortage is 'unprecedented', Lincolnshire GP says

The surgery's pharmacy team have complained of being shouted at by some frustrated patients.

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Radiographers at Lincoln County Hospital say they’re among the first in the country to offer cancer patients both tattoo-free and open mask radiotherapy bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9z… @ULHT_News @BBCRadioLincs
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NHS must reform or die, PM warns, after critical report - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w6…

No extra NHS funding without reform, says PM

Sir Keir Starmer promises 10-year plan for England as part of "biggest reimagining" of NHS.

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John’s prostate cancer had already spread to his bones by the time he went to his GP for tests. He’s among those calling for a national screening programme, to catch the cancer early enough to be treated. @ProstateUK @PCR_News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyx…

Prostate cancer screening 'too late' for Lincolnshire patient

A Lincolnshire patient says screening may have found his prostate cancer before becoming incurable.

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David’s a cancer patient who can’t get hold of Creon, the drug he needs to be able to eat normally and stay out of hospital. One nearby pharmacy says they won’t get any til 2026 - David’s wife says he could be dead by then bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3…

'He'll be dead by then' - fears over pancreatic cancer drug shortage

The wife of a Lincolnshire cancer patient says a shortage of Creon is a "life and death" issue.

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The first doctors to ever graduate from Lincoln Medical School have just started working in the NHS @unilincoln @ULHT_News bbc.com/news/articles/cy8xx1…

First Lincoln-trained doctors join NHS

The first 73 new doctors graduated from Lincoln Medical School last month.

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GPs could cap appointments in work-to-rule bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72v…

GPs could cap appointments in work-to-rule

British Medical Association members back action, saying shortfall in funding puts care at risk.

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BBC News - Junior doctor offered new pay deal in England - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqe…

Junior doctor offered new pay deal in England

It is thought the new pay deal being offered is worth 22%, on average, over two years.

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There's been a six-fold increase in the number of referrals for assessments in the Humber area. The backlog here is an estimated 4 years and 9 months
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Eight-year ADHD backlog at NHS clinics revealed bbc.in/3zTNUTV
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Strain and impatience - life inside a North Lincolnshire rural GP practice bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c144…

Strain and impatience - life inside a rural GP practice

GP practice says it is "busier than ever” and saw more than half of its registered patients in May.

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