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Doctors’ strike timed to cause havoc over Easter break, says NHS England chief

Sir Jim Mackey said hospitals were struggling to fill rotas because six-day action was scheduled over holiday

The Guardian - UK

Three hospital doctors’ groups threaten to coordinate strike action in England

Union to ballot consultants and SAS medics about joining resident doctors in industrial action over pay and conditions

The Guardian - UK

NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service

Health secretary still confident of success but critics say scrapping of NHS England has been ‘a total car crash’

The Guardian - UK

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UK medical council overhaul may mean more doctors struck off for racism and antisemitism

Health department says ‘too many’ doctors have been using racist language, particularly on social media, without swift action

The Guardian - UK

Department of Health retracts claim sunbeds are as dangerous as smoking

DHSC corrects statements after regulator intervenes as experts say smoking causes far more cancer cases

The Guardian - UK

Tory peer to leave Lords after investigation finds he breached standards over Covid PPE deals

Lord Chadlington introduced government to company in which he had financial interest in 2020

The Guardian - UK

UK clinical trial into puberty blockers on hold after medicines regulator steps in

Recruitment of children for study delayed after MHRA warns that participants should be no younger than 14

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Cost of UK’s drug price deal with US will come out of NHS budget

Department of health, not Treasury, will foot the bill – with costs forecast to reach £9bn

The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months

British Medical Association members back further action as union’s chair says ‘a deal is there to be done’

The Guardian - UK

NHS and Government criticised for ‘lack of action’ on soaring negligence costs

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The Independent UK

NHS medical negligence persisting in England ‘despite 24 years of warnings’

MPs on influential committee excoriate health department and NHS England for errors costing £3.6bn a year

The Guardian - UK

Government and NHS fail to take ‘any meaningful steps’ to tackle spiralling medical negligence costs

The government and NHS England have been sharply criticised by MPs for their failure to take "any meaningful steps" to slash the rising costs of clinical negligence in England, despite two decades of warnings.

The Independent UK

Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump

Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’

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Government row breaks out over plan to cut spending for PE in England’s schools

Proposed cuts by DHSC and DfE came despite concerns about inactivity among children contributing to obesity

Evening Standard

Government signals tougher crackdown on junk food advertising to children

A newly published updated nutrient profiling model will bring more food products into the ‘less healthy’ category.

The Independent UK

Coroner issues warning over ‘unregulated’ doulas after death of baby

During a home birth, signs of fetal distress developed, but the mother was not taken to hospital immediately

The Guardian - UK

Young care leavers in England to get free prescriptions, dental and eye services

Those under-25 to receive help while a pilot will trial paid internships in NHS and a guaranteed interview scheme

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PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation

PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to repay £148m

In a ruling, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis placed the company into liquidation

Evening Standard

PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to pay £148m to Government

The decision could mean that the Government is unlikely to see most of the £148 million owed to it by the company.

The Independent UK

Thousands of patients see NHS hospital referrals lost in ‘black hole’

One retired NHS worker said he felt ‘stuck in limbo’ to see a specialist for his back and hip pains

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of patients in England at risk as GP referrals vanish into NHS ‘black hole’

Exclusive: Watchdog finds 14% of cases not put on hospital waiting lists, with many reporting worsening health and rising anxiety

The Independent UK

MPs raise concerns about hospital waiting lists and plans to reform NHS

There is a serious risk that the Government will not meet its target for 92% of the NHS waiting list to be treated within 18 weeks by 2029, MPs warn.

The Independent UK

Plans to reform NHS have ‘chilling echoes’ of HS2 failures, MPs warn

Public accounts committee warns that ‘poor practices’ seen in the project to build the high-speed rail link are being replicated in the health service

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