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Parents need advice on when to send children with mild illnesses to school, say MPs

The chairmen of the Commons Education Committee and Health and Social Care Committee have written to ministers calling for a public awareness campaign

Evening Standard

MPs to press new Health Secretary on NHS data platform plans

The health and social care committee said the Government has acknowledged it ‘needed to do better to communicate the benefits of digital healthcare’.

The Independent UK

MPs call for heavier restrictions on vapes to stop use among children

The Health and Social Care Committee said a headteacher had told MPs that hydraulic oil and antifreeze were found in a vape confiscated at her school.

The Independent UK

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People forced to pull out their own teeth amid NHS dental crisis

The Health and Social Care Committee has published a report into NHS dental services, calling for drastic reforms.

Evening Standard

People forced to pull out their own teeth amid NHS dental crisis, report finds

The Health and Social Care Committee has published a report into NHS dental services, calling for drastic reforms.

The Independent UK

'I'm just a lump in bed, in agony and unable to feed myself - I want the right to die'

Jane Barnes told how she is now just existing in her care home as husband Colin looks on helplessly, and says she wouldn'y wish such an existence on her worst enemy

Daily Mirror

Desperate patients extract own teeth as 11million wait to see NHS dentist amid exodus

With one in four Brits unable to get or afford a dentist appointment, a Mirror investigation has highlighted the extent of the NHS dentistry crisis from ripping out teeth with shoelaces to seeking appointments overseas

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‘Heartbreak’ over plight of elderly who ‘go to the grave without proper care’

Age UK said the pandemic cannot be blamed because social care services were already struggling to secure enough staff and funding.

The Independent UK

Government efforts to digitise NHS rated ‘inadequate’ and ‘too slow’ by expert panel

Progress towards improving digital capabilities of the NHS by government was ‘too slow’

The Independent UK

Government efforts to digitise NHS rated ‘inadequate’ by expert panel

A report said the Government had failed to make significant progress in a number of areas.

The Independent UK

Watch: Steve Barclay questioned by MPs on nurses pay

Steve Barclay addressed the Health and Social Care Committee as nursing strikes continue across the UK.

The Independent UK

Patients harmed in NHS scandals waiting too long for redress, MPs say

Recommendations were made more than two years ago after a report concluded patients came to ‘avoidable harm’ in the healthcare system.

The Independent UK

GP crisis ‘putting patients at risk’, MPs warn

Health leaders have been reluctant to acknowledge the crisis, according to a report.

The Independent UK

Legislate on filtered images and some cosmetic procedures, say MPs

The House of Common’s Health and Social Care Committee said the impact of body image on mental and physical health is ‘wide-reaching’.

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Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: NHS ‘20-hour ambulance waits’ in understaffing crisis

Health and Social Care Committee warns understaffed workforce creates serious patient safety risk

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt admits ‘share of responsibility’ as NHS faces ‘greatest workforce crisis in history’

Projections suggest an extra 475,000 jobs will be needed in health and an extra 490,000 jobs in social care by the early part of the next decade.

Manchester Evening News

NHS understaffing poses 'serious risk to patient safety', MPs say in damning report

Research found that NHS England is short of 12,000 hospital doctors and over 50,000 nurses and midwives

Wales Online

NHS understaffing in England poses ‘serious risk to patient safety’ - MPs

Projections suggest an extra 475,000 jobs will be needed in health and an extra 490,000 jobs in social care by the early part of the next decade

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The Independent UK

NHS understaffing poses ‘serious risk to patient safety’

Projections suggest an extra 475,000 jobs will be needed in health and an extra 490,000 jobs in social care by the early part of the next decade.

Wales Online

UK government's delays in enforcing Covid-19 lockdown cost lives, says report

The Government has accepted advice for it to establish a volunteer reserve database

Evening Standard

Covid: Government accepts recommendations made by damning report on UK response to pandemic

A report by MPs found the UK’s pandemic preparation was far too focused on flu, and delays in enforcing the first lockdown cost lives.

The Independent UK

Government accepts most recommendations made by damning report on Covid response

The Government has responded to a damning report by MPs on its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Independent UK

Call for MPs to act on social media image filter labelling

Kim Booker told the Health and Social Care Committee people want “instant gratification” and can get cosmetic procedures almost instantly.

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