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US private equity giant KKR wins takeover battle for Assura in £1.7bn deal

Assura said it had reached an agreement on a ‘best and final’ bid led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Stonepeak Partners.

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Spending Review 2025 LIVE: Rachel Reeves pledges billions more for NHS and social housing... but Met police cash row looms

Chancellor announces extra £29 billion per year for the NHS and vows to end use of asylum seeker hotels

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What we know about the new NHS cervical screening guidelines

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NHS to increase robotic surgeries to 500,000 per year by 2035

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Wednesday briefing: What to expect in today’s spending review, from housing help to nuclear power

In today’s newsletter: Rachel Reeves is set to unveil the UK’s spending review, balancing major investments with tight budgets and tough fiscal decisions.

The Guardian - UK

DHSC’s £122m claim against Michelle Mone-linked company reaches high court

Government is seeking to recover money paid to PPE Medpro, which was recommended to ministers by peer

The Guardian - UK

Millions more to have robotic surgery in NHS plan to cut waiting lists

Head of NHS England to say robot-assisted surgery will become ‘the default’ for 90% of keyhole operations by 2035

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Key points announced ahead of Rachel Reeves’ spending review

The review is expected to see boosts for the NHS, defence and schools.

Evening Standard

Public health bodies urged to launch period tracking apps to protect data

Women’s personal information at risk of being harvested by private firms running their own versions, report warns

The Guardian - UK

Reeves to say spending review will reflect ‘priorities of working people’

The Chancellor is expected to focus on “Britain’s renewal” as she sets out her spending plans for the coming years.

Evening Standard

Robotic surgeries set to soar under NHS plans

Around 70,000 robot-assisted surgeries took place in the NHS in England last year.

Evening Standard

NHS plans more robotic surgeries to speed up patient care and treatment

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that innovative technologies will ‘transform the NHS’

The Independent UK

Spending Review: 'We'll make working people better off,' vows Reeves but fears grow that London will miss out

The Chancellor stresses that health, security and the economy are her priorities for public spending

Evening Standard

Reeves to promise investment in ‘renewal’ as she unveils spending plans

The spending review is expected to set out tough spending limits for departments other than health, defence and education.

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Loss of data relating to inquiry at NHS trust most likely deliberate, say police

Nottingham university hospitals is subject of maternity care investigation involving nearly 2,500 cases

The Independent UK

Groundbreaking cancer treatment which ‘destroys tumours with sound’ to be rolled out on NHS

UK regulators hail ‘major step forward’ as histotripsy to be offered to liver cancer patients later this year

The Independent UK

Nottingham maternity scandal hospital data was ‘maliciously’ deleted, police say

Families of Nottingham Maternity Scandal review ‘distressed’ and ‘appalled’ to learn their data was maliciously deleted

The Independent UK

These disabled children died after they were left alone in their beds in the same care home. Now police are investigating

INVESTIGATION: Connor, Mia and Raihana died in the care of one of Britain’s biggest care homes for disabled children. A fresh probe has now been launched, writes health correspondent Rebecca Thomas

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Evening Standard

Younger women could have cervical screening every five years instead of three

HPV is a sexually-transmitted group of viruses which cause no symptoms but can lead to cervical cancer.

The Independent UK

New NHS guidelines mean younger women could have fewer cervical screenings

The change, set to take effect next month in England, follows recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee

The National (Scotland)

Scottish health board to scrap free nappies for newborns in bid to save £23m

NHS Grampian has revealed it will scrap free nappies for newborns, reduce the number of public holiday appointments and cut spiritual care in a…

The Independent UK

Voices: Wes Streeting has won the spending review – but will he blow his winnings?

COMMENT: The NHS will emerge from Rachel Reeves’s funding announcement positively awash with extra cash – but alarm bells should already be ringing about the fall in productivity across the health service, says John Rentoul

International Business Times UK

UK Home Office Backs Down on Family Visa Salary Hike in Win for Migrant Families

A new report issued by the Home Office has warned against raising the family visa salary threshold, and has instead suggested lowering it by several thousand pounds.

Evening Standard

Reeves says spending review will be about ‘making working people better off’

She told the GMB Union Congress the Government was ‘making Labour choices’ and ‘making progress’.

The National (Scotland)

Labour 'left us to see winter fuel U-turn on social media', SNP minister says

THE UK Government has not told its Scottish counterpart how much extra funding it can expect from Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on Winter Fuel Payments…

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