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The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

Sponge on a string reduces long waits for diagnostic test for cancer

Exclusive: cytosponge detects precursor to oesophageal cancer, slashing NHS waiting times for endoscopies

The Guardian - UK

New MedTech Funding To Predict Diseases And Make Treatments Available To UK Patients

The UK government has awarded medtech funding to eight UK medtech companies which are developing pathbreaking tests and AI detection tools for faster treatment of life-threatening diseases, reducing the burden of NHS.

International Business Times UK

Rage, relief and recognition: the TV version of my book Breathtaking has opened a floodgate

During the Covid pandemic, NHS staff were treated as expendable, says Rachel Clarke, a palliative care doctor and the author of Breathtaking

The Guardian - UK

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‘Martha’s rule’ granting urgent second opinion to be adopted in 100 English hospitals

Initiative before national rollout will allow review of care for patients whose condition is deteriorating

The Guardian - UK

‘Gamechanging’ cancer screening offered to people with Lynch syndrome in England

NHS bowel screening programme will offer specialist assessment every two years to people with condition

The Guardian - UK

More than a third of cancer patients in England face potentially deadly delays

Overall NHS figures show 6.37 million patients waiting for health treatment at end of December

The Guardian - UK

‘Huge human and economic toll’: one in seven people in England waiting for NHS treatment

Prolapsed organs and paralysis among conditions patients are left to endure as a result of ballooning waiting lists

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Rishi Sunak accused of personally holding up deal to end doctors’ strikes

Exclusive: Sources say PM has blocked talks due to concerns about knock-on effect of more generous pay offer

The Guardian - UK

Physician associates make job harder, not easier, say thousands of NHS medics

BMA survey finds 55% of doctors say working with associates has increased their workload

The Guardian - UK

Cancer gene test to be offered to thousands of people with Jewish ancestry

NHS England is rolling out a national BRCA gene testing programme to pick up changes that push up cancer risk, with anyone over 18 with Jewish ancestry offered a simple saliva test

Evening Standard

People in England with Jewish ancestry to be offered test to detect cancer risk

NHS test would detect a genetic fault that is more common among those with Jewish heritage, leading to a higher risk of cancer

The Guardian - UK

Prisoners with severe mental health needs spending months in isolation, report finds

Independent Monitoring Board says jails in England using segregation too often as a way of managing inmates

The Guardian - UK

Almost a quarter of English children are obese at the end of primary school

Analysis of more than 1m children reveals ‘alarming’ effects of pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Rise in measles cases prompts vaccination campaign in England

UKHSA declares national incident as figures suggest more than 3.4 million children have not had MMR jab

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Evening Standard

NHS sees surge in searches for prostate advice after King's diagnosis

Experts say diagnosis will lead to rise in men seeking help

The Guardian - UK

New NHS children’s gender clinic hit by disagreements and resignations

At least four experts quit Great Ormond Street team after disputes over text of training module for recruits, sources say

The Guardian - UK

NHS across UK spends a ‘staggering’ £10bn on temporary staff

Exclusive: Hospitals and GP surgeries forced to rely on agency personnel and paying staff for expensive extra shifts

The Independent UK

Record 420,000 patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E in 2023 – analysis

Analysis of NHS England figures by the Liberal Democrats has shown that one in 15 A&E patients faced a lengthy wait to be seen

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International Business Times UK

Alarming Surge in Maternal Mortality Rates Raises Concerns Among Experts

The maternal death rate in the United Kingdom has witnessed a significant and alarming increase, reaching its highest levels in two decades.

Evening Standard

More than 370,000 appointments in London cancelled due to NHS strikes

Nearly 37,000 appointments were rescheduled in the capital this week following the junior doctors' strike

The Guardian - UK

Why are so many women dying during pregnancy and what can be done?

Number dying in UK has reached highest level in 20 years but alarming trend going unaddressed worldwide

The Independent UK

NHS crisis by numbers: The stark new data that lays bare the scale of waiting list failings

Cancer targets are still being missed, data published by NHS England show

The Independent UK

NHS waiting list even higher than before Rishi Sunak pledge

The PM ‘increasingly unlikely’ to hit target to reduce the waiting list – as pledged a year ago – with just months left until the April deadline

International Business Times UK

NHS To Roll Out Digital Pathology For Faster Cancer Screening

The UK government is implementing the Screening Committee's recommendation to use digital pathology for faster cancer screening and diagnosis after trials showed effective results from NHS trials.

The Independent UK

Map reveals worst performing NHS areas amid longest junior doctor strike in history

The NHS is failing to meet standards for cancer waiting times and ambulance reponse times in many areas of England

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