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Three in five Covid-19 patients treated primarily for something else

It is the highest proportion since these figures were first published in June 2021, and is up from 26% at the start of December.

The Independent UK

Neglect by Priory hospital contributed to death of young patient, jury finds

An inquest heard Matthew Caseby was left unattended for more than six minutes before absconding from Birmingham’s Priory Hospital Woodbourne.

The Independent UK

Social distancing rules scrapped in GP surgeries and NHS hospital waiting rooms in England

NHS organisations have been told to return to 'pre-pandemic physical distancing'

Manchester Evening News

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NHS issues urgent warning to all current and former cigarette smokers

The NHS is urging vulnerable people to go along to a lung cancer screening if they are invited. They say the tests are vital for smokers and former smokers catching lung cancer signs early

Daily Mirror

NHS urges people to take up lung cancer check as 600 diagnosed in mobile trucks

Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier through NHS mobile trucks

The Independent UK

Volunteers to be used for 999 calls in London as ambulance service struggles

Pilot scheme will see trained volunteers responding to ‘category three’ calls where extra help needed due to mobility problems

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on banning ‘conversion therapy’: protect everyone

Editorial: These cruel, stigmatising practices should be comprehensively proscribed

The Guardian - UK

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Drug that harmed 20,000 babies still being prescribed to pregnant women ‘without warnings’

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt says epilepsy drug sodium valproate ‘a major risk to patient safety’

The Independent UK

NHS smartwatch for Parkinson’s patients hailed as ‘lifechanging’

Kinetigraph sends data to doctors so that physiotherapy and prescriptions can be adjusted to meet needs

The Guardian - UK

What do the latest NHS performance figures show?

Ambulance response times and A&E waits are the worst on record.

The Independent UK

NHS waiting list backlog as A&E trolley waits surge to a new record high

The overall NHS waiting list in England increased by 79,000 and waits for a trolley shoot up the the highest since hospital records began in 2010

Daily Mirror

Number of people on NHS waiting lists in England at record high

Figures show 6.2m people waiting for routine hospital treatment, with A&E and ambulance waits also soaring

The Guardian - UK

Ambulance and A&E performance drop to lowest levels on record as backlog grows

The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment rose to a new record of 6.2 million at the end of February.

The Independent UK

Average wait for ambulance if you have a stroke is now more than an hour

If you are in the final stages of labour you will wait three-and-a-half hours, while A&E queues are the longest on record

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Hospital patients in the North East waiting more than 3 years for treatment following Covid-19 backlog

Leading surgeons have described the figures as 'shocking'

The Independent UK

The steps the NHS is taking to tackle waiting lists

There are 6.1 million people waiting for hospital care in England.

Daily Mirror

Patients forced to wait up to four years for hospital care as NHS tackles backlog

Data released from 60 NHS trusts following Freedom of Information requests shows 58 patients have been waiting for more than three years. Four of these have been waiting for at least four years

The Independent UK

Dozens of patients wait three years for care due to ‘shocking’ NHS backlog

A handful have been waiting for more than four years.

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The Independent UK

Two new drugs to fight superbugs could soon be available on NHS

Cefiderocol and ceftazidime-avibactam close to becoming available to treat patients with severe drug-resistant infections

The Independent UK

New NHS payment scheme aims to encourage pharma to tackle superbugs

Nice on Tuesday published draft guidance.

The Independent UK

Why is cancer survival in England not improving, and what can we do?

Without tackling structural issues, we will be unable to significantly improve survival rates, writes Gordon Wishart

Evening Standard

Trans people ‘denied chance to preserve fertility on the NHS’

Clinical commissioning groups have been told they must not discriminate against transgender people

The Independent UK

Transgender people ‘denied chance to preserve fertility on the NHS’

Clinical commissioning groups have been told they must not discriminate against transgender people.

The Guardian - UK

‘Appalling’ waits for ambulances in England leaving lives at risk

Exclusive: Royal College of Emergency Medicine president says NHS is breaking its agreement to treat sickest in a timely way

The Independent UK

Hospital hits back at coroner for ‘singling it out’ after patient died waiting eight hours for ambulance

Ambulance service says it has raised concerns for six years over handover delays

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