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The Guardian view on mental health privatisation: unsafe spaces

Editorial: Businesses that fail patients while making profit margins of 15%-20% are no substitute for investment in the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Nottingham maternity scandal: Families ask newly appointed review chair to step down

‘We were so angry, confused and just felt completely deceived’ by the NHS one Nottingham family said

The Independent UK

NHS paying £2bn a year to private hospitals for mental health patients

Exclusive: Fears grow that bed shortages have left NHS increasingly reliant on independent sector

The Guardian - UK

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Mum who has campaigned since son's death will receive OBE from Queen

"I accept the OBE on behalf of Oliver and people whose voices aren’t always heard."

Liverpool Echo

Matthew Caseby: Priory hospital failings contributed to death of man, 23, killed by train after he fled

Charity says it is ‘deeply concerned’ by the number of deaths at Priory-run mental health hospitals

The Independent UK

NHS England issues stark warning to anyone who has smoked cigarettes

People most at risk of lung cancer are being urged to attend checks aimed at catching the disease early if they receive an invite

Wales Online

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

60 per cent of Covid patients were not being treated principally for Covid

Wales Online

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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

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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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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 Independent UK

What do the latest NHS performance figures show?

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

Daily Mirror

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

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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

Wales Online

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

Chronicle Live

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

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

A handful have been waiting for more than four years.

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

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