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MP Liam Fox dismisses reports about donation from Covid firm as ‘baseless smear’

Office of ex-Tory minister received £20,000 from SureScreen Diagnostics two years after he recommended firm

The Guardian - UK

Winding up petition issued against Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm

PPE Medpro was awarded £203m contracts by UK Government after Tory peer approached Michael Gove

Insider UK

Minister makes veiled threat to NHS managers as he alludes to staffing cull

In what may prove to be his only major speech before he is replaced next week, Tory Steve Barclay suggested the axe could fall on non-clinical staff amid demands for sweeping savings

Daily Mirror

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Statement after large pile of PPE left at site in Nottinghamshire

Billions of items of PPE are being kept in storage

Nottingham Post

Routine Covid tests in English hospitals to be scrapped next week

Move comes despite near doubling in UK Covid deaths this summer compared with same period to last year

The Guardian - UK

'Pills by post' for early-stage abortions at home to be made permanently available

The Government first enabled women to have early medical abortions at home when covid struck

Wales Online

No plans for UK to order more supplies of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

JCVI says mRNA vaccines such as the Pfizer and Moderna jabs are the most effective for UK booster programme

The Guardian - UK

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34 hospitals in England have roofs that could collapse

Surveys carried out by the NHS found that 34 buildings at 16 different health trusts were at risk

Evening Standard

Ministers admit 34 hospital buildings in England have roofs that could collapse

Exclusive: Renewed fears ceilings at affected hospitals could suddenly collapse, injuring staff and patients

The Guardian - UK

UK will ‘run out of monkeypox vaccine in 10 to 20 days’

Leading sexual health expert predicts a gap of almost one month before supplies are replenished

The Guardian - UK

Doctors explain why it's so hard to get a GP appointment

"They can only offer what's there, they can only give what they've got"

Liverpool Echo

UK Government criticised over 'woefully inadequate' Covid contracts records

THE UK Government’s “woefully inadequate” record-keeping means it is “impossible” to know if hundreds of millions of pounds of covid-19…

The National (Scotland)

Red list hotel quarantine subsidised by over £1m a day by taxpayers – and ‘no evidence’ that it worked

One in three travellers who were supposed to be quarantining at home may have breached rules – despite government spending over £100m home visits to check compliance

The Independent UK

Impossible to have confidence Randox contracts were awarded properly – MPs

MPs have accused the Department of Health and Social Care of failing in its duties to be “transparent” about meetings its ministers had with Randox.

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

UK Government 'doesn’t know' if Covid rules on travel, quarantine or home isolation actually worked

A new report published on Tuesday says Westminster is "not learning lessons fast enough from the pandemic and is missing opportunities to react quickly to future emergencies"

The Guardian - UK

Worst NHS staffing crisis in its history is putting patients at serious risk, MPs warn

Health and social care committee says workforce strategy must be top priority for new prime minister

The National (Scotland)

Fraud, waste, and unlawful 'VIPs': Report lays bare Tory 'incompetence' over PPE

UK taxpayers will be footing the bill for mistakes the Tory government made during the pandemic “for years to come”, the chair of a…

The Independent UK

Government disputes with PPE suppliers could cost taxpayer £2.7bn, MPs warn

Disputes with providers on 176 PPE contracts – mainly over faulty kit – are still to be settled.

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The Guardian - UK

NHS could face bill of more than £1bn to fund upcoming pay rise

Senior figures expect increase of between 4% and 5% but fear they will have to cover costs of anything over the previously agreed 3%

Wales Online

Sadiq Khan ‘deeply concerned’ about monkeypox in London

71% of recent cases have been reported in England's capital city

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan ‘deeply concerned’ after 71% of UK monkeypox cases seen in London

The Mayor of London has written to the Health Secretary urging him to combat the spread of the virus.

The Guardian - UK

ICO urges ministers to review use of Whatsapp and other private channels

UK data watchdog said there had been extensive use of such channels within the health department, which risked transparency

The National (Scotland)

UK health department reprimanded for use of private messaging services during pandemic

The Information Comissioners Office (ICO) found "extenstive use" of messaging apps like Whatsapp amongst government ministers and officials

The Independent UK

Government ‘wasted’ more than £800m choosing single-use PPE over greener alternative

Exclusive: Ministers had option to buy multi-use protective gowns, which would have saved hundreds of millions in taxpayers’ money over two years, estimates presented to government show

The Independent UK

Government aims to tackle racial disparities with mental health reforms

The Department for Health and Social Care published the draft of the Mental Health Bill on Monday.

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