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Concern over gambling ads ‘bombardment’ as addiction referrals hit record highs

The NHS is opening up new specialist clinics as a result.

The Independent UK

New NHS staff will be trained and regulated properly, vows Sunak

The PM has unveiled a plan to see more than 300,000 extra nurses, doctors and other staff employed in the NHS in England in coming years.

The Independent UK

More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers targeted in NHS plan

The proposal has been hailed as a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to put staffing in the service on sustainable footing.

The Independent UK

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Vapes 'more harmful' than smoking for children - as cases of collapsed lung rocket

Paediatric chest physician Professor Andy Bush is “absolutely horrified” that a growing number of children are being admitted to hospital after using illegally-sold vapes, with some developing serious lung conditions

Daily Mirror

Free lung cancer screenings to be offered to smokers and ex-smokers aged 55-74

People aged 55-74 with a GP record including a history of smoking are to be assessed and invited for screenings and quit-smoking services

The Independent UK

Targeted screening to detect lung cancer sooner to be rolled out

People aged 55-74 with a GP record including a history of smoking are to be assessed and invited for screenings and quit-smoking services

Evening Standard

Targeted screening to detect lung cancer sooner to be rolled out: Government

People aged 55-74 with a GP record including a history of smoking are to be assessed and invited for screenings and quit-smoking services

The Independent UK

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Preventing poor health, use of tech and local care ‘key’ to NHS’ future, advisory group says

NHS Assembly’s report includes responses from more than 700 organisations and patient groups.

The Independent UK

At-home blood test that can test for 50 cancers ‘may be offered on NHS next summer’

Liquid biopsy could diagnose 5,000 potential cases each year if rolled out to a million people, say health chiefs

The Independent UK

Blood test to detect 50 types of cancer could be given to 1m people on NHS

Chief executive Amanda Pritchard says that if early results are successful it will be rolled out more widely next year

The Guardian - UK

'We'll strike every month until next spring if we have to' - hundreds of doctors take to the streets of Manchester

If members vote to continue strikes, junior doctors will take to picket lines for three days a month, every month, until March 2024

Manchester Evening News

Junior doctors preparing to strike every month until next spring amid pay row

If members vote to continue strikes, junior doctors will take to picket lines for three days a month, every month, until March 2024

Evening Standard

Government commits to reducing number of national NHS targets

It comes in response to a recent review which found having too many targets makes them less effective.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors join picket lines over ‘unbearable’ working conditions

Members of the British Medical Association have launched a three-day strike over pay.

The Independent UK

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Hospital patients at 'serious risk' as heatwave hits during doctors strikes

NHS England issued a statement asking people to check on elderly friends and relatives and warning people with conditions such as asthma are at increased risk

The Independent UK

Further uses of AI in the NHS are ‘on the horizon’, says chief

Amanda Pritchard said the NHS is in a ‘prime position’ to make AI-driven technology available quickly.

The Independent UK

Forty children admitted to hospital for vaping amid rising ‘epidemic’

NHS’s chief executive ‘really worried’ over rising rates of vaping among children

The Independent UK

Rise in number of children treated in hospital for vaping ‘worrying’ – NHS chief

The NHS said 40 children and young people were admitted to hospital in England last year due to ‘vaping-related disorders’.

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The Independent UK

Junior doctors’ strikes pose ‘serious risk to patient safety’, NHS head says

Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s chief executive, said the action ‘creates risk and upheaval’.

The Independent UK

NHS calls for retired consultants to help clear hospital wait lists

Recently retired doctors will be able to perform outpatient appointments via a new digital platform

The Independent UK

Smartphone camera lens technology to be used in skin cancer diagnoses

The camera lens is the size of a 50 pence piece and can attach to a smart phone.

The Independent UK

Student doctors told: Skip university to plug NHS staff shortages

Doctors’ union the British Medical Association warn an increase in apprenticeships could jeopardise quality of medical training

The Guardian - UK

School-leavers could join NHS via apprenticeships in plan to fix staff shortages

Up to one in 10 doctors and a third of nurses could be trained through vocational path under NHS workforce plan

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands of doctors and nurses ‘to be trained as apprentices’

School-leavers are being encouraged to ‘learn while they earn’ as the NHS prepares to ramp up apprentice schemes.

The Independent UK

Funding and mental health staff retention go ‘hand-in-hand’ – NHS chief

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard told MPs there is a direct link between mental health staff shortages and the funding available.

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