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‘Scenes from hell’: Hospitals ran out of body bags and were close to collapse in pandemic, Covid inquiry told

A top doctor broke down in tears as he said that scenes in the unit ‘were like nothing I had ever seen’

The Independent UK

As a doctor, I’m no apologist for Wes Streeting – but here’s where he’s right about the NHS

NHS ‘senior sources’ blasted the health secretary for admitting the service is broken. I applaud him for telling the truth, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

Pressure mounts on publisher of Economist over ties to tobacco

Exclusive: Experts pull out of health conferences run by Economist Impact after revelations of commercial links

The Guardian - UK

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Top A&E doctor accuses NHS leaders of normalising treatment in corridors

NHS plan for winter will do little to stop ‘deadly’ 12 hour waits in A&E, says Dr Adrian Boyle

The Independent UK

Mother blames scandal-hit hospital for daughter’s death after eating disorder struggles

Exclusive: Melissa Parrish’s experiences as a teenager left her terrified of being admitted to hospital, an inquest into her death heard

The Independent UK

Revealed: Areas of London with longest waits for cancer treatment

Treatment targets not met for several cancers in regions of the capital

Evening Standard

NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’

The Guardian - UK

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Lucy Letby felt ‘scapegoated’ over baby tragedies as junior doctors nicknamed her ‘nurse death’, inquiry hears

The serial killer was also described as ‘an elephant in the room’ for paediatricians concerned over the correlation of deaths at Countess of Chester Hospital

The Independent UK

Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report

Britain’s pandemic response was among the worst and the NHS had been ‘seriously weakened’, says leading surgeon

The Guardian - UK

Nearly one in three temporary Black and ethnic NHS workers suffer physical violence, internal report reveals

Exclusive: ‘Urgent action is needed to tackle the unacceptable levels of racism, bias and discrimination’ faced by temporary NHS workers

The Independent UK

Eat less bacon and cheese to cut heart attack risk, Britons urged

Charity says people should aim to limit their intake of salt, which contributes to high blood pressure

The Guardian - UK

Many patients leave GP appointment without discussing all worries, survey shows

Ipsos poll found 40% of Britons thought there was not enough time to raise all concerns in 10-minute slot

The Guardian - UK

NHS community diagnostic centres speeding up access to tests, survey finds

Nearly nine in 10 users said they had positive experience, with 7m tests now provided across network in England

The Guardian - UK

UK patients going private to escape referrals ‘black hole’, say GPs

Doctors warn of ‘rationing’ as latest monthly figures show no available appointments for about 400,000 cases

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NHS plans review of adult gender services following Cass criticisms

Workers in adult gender clinics allege ‘chaotic’ administration and ‘out of control’ waiting lists

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve had to become my own doctor’: trans young people on life after the Cass review

With puberty blockers now banned in much of the UK, those hoping for gender treatment say they have been forced into difficult decisions

Evening Standard

Nottingham killings: NHS trust has 'blood on its hands' say families of victims

Care Quality Commission (CQC) review into the care of killer Valdo Calocane by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust found risk assessments played down the fact he was refusing to take his medication

The Independent UK

‘Blood on their hands’: Nottingham NHS hospital’s failings in treating triple-killer Calocane revealed

A public inquiry has been launched into the failings leading up to Valdo Calocane killings

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NHS to offer ‘life-changing’ gene therapy for blood disorder thalassaemia

Treatment may be offered to hundreds with severe form of disease, most often found in people of Mediterranean, Asian and Middle Eastern heritage

The Guardian - UK

Opioid painkillers put millions at risk of addiction or dependency – study

Research finds one in three people taking the drugs show signs of becoming dependent, and one in eight are at risk from misuse

The Guardian - UK

Delayed puberty blocker clinical trial to start next year in England

Several thousand children and young people who are questioning their gender identity may participate

The Conversation

Generations of young women have been bombarded with weight loss medications – ‘skinny jabs’ are just the latest

“I couldn’t stop being sick. My side and my back were hurting and I just felt like my body was totally shutting down.” That’s how one woman described the side effects of weight loss injections she’d bought off-label in a BBC investigation. Her experience is far from uncommon. Medics in…

The Independent UK

Thousands of children still waiting average of 100 weeks for gender care

More than 5,700 of under-18s are waiting an average of 100 weeks for a first gender care appointment, data shows

The Guardian - UK

NHS ‘soup and shake’ diet puts almost a third of type 2 diabetes cases in remission

Programme may soon be expanded in England after study finds ‘life-changing benefits’ of meal replacement scheme

The Independent UK

Thousands of newly qualified nurses can’t find jobs as NHS chiefs forced to slash roles

Labour government says it will act on ‘absurd’ situation of newly qualified NHS nurses who cannot find jobs

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