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UK must train more doctors and nurses, says NHS boss

Amanda Pritchard said “excellent” British candidates are being rejected from medical schools due to a lack of places

Evening Standard

NHS in England under more ‘extreme pressure’ than at height of pandemic

NHS England chief says service is ‘over-reliant’ on foreign staff and calls for universities to ‘ramp up’ training

The Guardian - UK

Health service under pressure ‘like nothing I have ever experienced’ – NHS boss

Amanda Pritchard’s interview with The Times comes after NHS England data revealed that one in 10 people was left waiting hours for ambulances.

The Independent UK

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‘Living nightmare’: Kidney patient, 82, forced to wait 56 hours to be seen in hospital

Exclusive: Frank Newton was taken to hospital with suspected pneumonia by his daughter after being told an ambulance would take 30 hours

The Independent UK

Flu patient numbers in England’s hospitals start to fall after surge

Admissions have dropped from their highest level in a decade.

The Independent UK

What the latest NHS performance figures show

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

The Independent UK

School absences in December almost double the annual rate due to illness spike

The absence rate was 14.3% across all state schools in the week commencing December 12, 2022 – an increase from the rate of 7.8% across the year.

The Independent UK

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New NHS record as more than 54,000 patients wait 12 hours to get into A&E

Figures come amid what health leaders warn is toughest ever winter for NHS

The Independent UK

Nurse burnt out after year working in NHS now makes more money serving ice cream

Mailu Turner, who qualified as a mental health nurse in September 2021, has told how she quit her job in the NHS due to stress from the conditions and now earns more working in an ice cream parlour

Daily Mirror

London ambulance worker says they’re striking because ‘there can’t see an end to NHS crisis’

Emergency medical technician Julie Cunnane says paramedics feel ‘guilty’ as they cannot provide good care for patients

Evening Standard

NHS issue advice on calling 999 during ambulance worker strikes

It comes as ambulance workers part of the GMB union will walk out today for the second time

Wales Online

Thousands of ambulance workers go on strike in dispute over pay

NHS England has told patients to continue to call 999 for life-threatening emergencies but to use 111, GPs and pharmacies for non-urgent needs.

The Independent UK

Record number of cancer patients in England waiting over three months for treatment

Long waiting lists putting urgent patients at risk as target to reduce backlog to pre-pandemic levels missed

The Guardian - UK

12,000 cancer patients waiting more than three months for treatment

The HSJ said that while the number of patients waiting two months for cancer care had fallen, the number waiting three months had risen.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Patient safety alert after 120 incidents linked to oxygen cylinder problems

Officials said they wanted to highlight the issue, particularly given the current overcrowding in A&E departments.

Evening Standard

Sharp rise in UK excess deaths at end of 2022 amid flu surge and NHS crisis

Deaths in last week of 202 were 20 per cent above average

The Independent UK

Diabetes breakthrough as life-changing artificial pancreas given NHS approval for type 1 patients

Health regulator NICE says a cost-effective price was needed before being offered

The Guardian - UK

NHS in England to offer artificial pancreas to help manage type 1 diabetes

Successful trial of groundbreaking device, now approved by Nice, uses algorithm to determine amount of insulin needed

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The Independent UK

100,000 diabetes patients could benefit from ‘artificial pancreas’ technology

Officials said they hope complications linked to hypoglycaemia caused by type 1 diabetes could become a ‘thing of the past’ thanks to the technology.

The Independent UK

Labour has a long-term plan for NHS but we don’t, warns Tory former minister

Sir Edward Leigh urged ministers to address the multiple problems facing the health service.

Liverpool Echo

No dentists will take adult NHS patients in Sefton

The situation is marginally better for children

The Independent UK

Flu patient numbers continue to rise as ambulance handover delays hit new high

More than a quarter of ambulance patients waited more than an hour last week to be handed to A&E teams.

Daily Mirror

Some NHS patients waiting 1,000 days for routine surgery, damning figures show

It comes after Rishi Sunak used his first speech of the new year to commit to reducing NHS waiting lists but admitted patients are "not getting the care they deserve" - despite 12 years of Tory rule

Bristol Post

Bristol Royal Infirmary could get new A&E if plans are approved this month

If approved, it could be completed by 2029

Evening Standard

London ambulance crews will only wait 45 minutes at A&Es if patient is stable, leaked letter says

Ambulance crews in London with patients who are stable will only wait 45 minutes at A&E units, according to a leaked letter.

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